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ICYMI: Texas AG Ken Paxton Escalates Attacks on Medication Abortion, Sues More Providers and International Aid Nonprofit
ICYMI: Texas AG Ken Paxton Escalates Attacks on Medication Abortion, Sues More Providers and International Aid Nonprofit
In case you missed it, last week Texas’ anti-abortion extremist Attorney General Ken Paxton filed yet another lawsuit against health care providers for allegedly offering care via telehealth and prescribing and mailing abortion medication to Texans—this time targeting the founder of an Austria-based nonprofit, Aid Access, and a physician in California.
This lawsuit is the latest in the coordinated, escalating effort by anti-abortion politicians to ban abortion nationwide by attacking medication abortion from every angle. This is Texas’ fourth civil suit against shield providers.
All of Paxton’s lawsuits are about control, not safety. Aid Access’ website features a testimonial from a Texas patient that perfectly encapsulates why these services are so needed:
“I could not proceed with this pregnancy due to medical reasons, and due to my state’s stance on abortion, they would have made me see it through. I would not have survived this pregnancy.”
State abortion bans have devastated access across the country, but care continues and has even increased thanks to telehealth and shield laws. Telehealth is a lifeline for people who can’t afford to travel for abortion care, and in states where abortion remains legal, telehealth helps close persistent access gaps. Shield laws help protect patients, providers, and people who help others access abortion care from out-of-state attacks—and that’s why extremists like Paxton are hellbent on undermining them.
Mifepristone is safe, effective, and used in the majority of abortion care in the United States and as standard care for miscarriage management. It has been FDA-approved for more than 25 years and is backed by overwhelming medical evidence. But instead of respecting science or the will of the majority, anti-abortion politicians—like Paxton—are escalating efforts to criminalize providers, intimidate patients, and weaponize power across state lines, interfering with care even where it is legal and protected, all in service of their ultimate goal: to ban abortion nationwide.
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