Texas lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday allowing private citizens to sue abortion pill manufacturers, doctors and anyone who mails the drug into the state.

The Texas state Senate voted 17-8 in favor of HB 7 – the “Woman and Child Protection Act — which cleared the House last week. The measure, yet to be signed by Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, would add another layer to the state’s abortion restrictions, including limits on medication abortions , which account for nearly two-thirds of abortions performed each year.

Texas law prohibits physicians or medical suppliers from providing any abortion-inducing drugs by delivery or mail service. If HB 7 is signed into law, private citizens could sue and receive up to $100,000 in cases of successful lawsuits, according to the bi

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