Texas SB2880 creates civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs and criminalizes certain actions related to abortion.
The Women and Child Protection Act establishes civil liability for the distribution of abortion-inducing drugs in Texas. It also creates criminal offenses for actions such as knowingly paying for or reimbursing abortion costs, and for destroying evidence of an elective abortion. The act authorizes private civil actions for wrongful death of an unborn child due to abortion-inducing drugs, and it provides immunity for certain interactive computer services. It specifies that certain defenses, such as ignorance of the law or reliance on a court decision, do not apply to actions under this act.
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