Anti-abortion lawmakers are working fast to push through their extreme attacks on access in the special sessions. They’re using every procedural trick in the book to force their bills through before abortion access supporters like you even get a chance to voice opposition, so we have to be prepared now to act fast. Get the tools you need to activate now.
What’s happening:
Anti-abortion lawmakers suspended the rules to push through a nationwide abortion bounty hunter bill because they want to control Texans who are still accessing care despite their bans. SB 7 / HB 7 both aim to cut off access to medication abortion and take the bounty nationwide, while SB 7 also gives unprecedented power to Attorney General Ken Paxton to criminalize health care providers and support networks.
HB 7 was voted out of the House State Affairs committee on 8/25. This bill will unfortunately move to the floor for a full vote later this week.
What SB 7 / HB 7 do:
- Isolate pregnant Texans, create fear among providers nationwide, and destabilize healthcare access for everyone.
- Deputizes private citizens as bounty hunters, rewarding them for surveillance and punishment of their neighbors, friends, and even strangers.
- Takes the bounty hunter bill across state lines and prohibits the distribution or manufacture of abortion medication.
- Gives the AG unprecedented power to target anyone for the intent of breaking abortion laws without evidence.
Make the Call: Stop the Nationwide Abortion Bounty Bill