Texas lawmakers insert language into abortion pill legislation to protect from constitutional challenges

Texas Republican lawmakers introduced language into abortion pill legislation that would prevent state courts from challenging it.

Senate Bill 2880, which was passed through the state Senate last week, expands the ability of plaintiffs to sue anyone who manufactures, distributes, mails, prescribes, or provides an abortion-inducing drug. Eligible plaintiffs include family members and men who believe their significant other used the pills. The Texas attorney general is empowered to bring forward lawsuits on behalf of “unborn children of residents of this state.”

The bill was passed with the language that held it couldn’t be challenged as unconstitutional in state courts. If a state judge tries to challenge it anyway, they can be sued for up to $100,000, according to the Texas Tribune. They can not call

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