HB5510 Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, and to the destruction of certain property; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; creating criminal offenses; authorizing a private civil right of action.

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Prohibits manufacture, possession, distribution, mailing, transport, delivery, prescription, or provision of abortion-inducing drugs in or to Texas, and bans providing information, creating websites, apps, or software to facilitate access to them, so less access to medication abortion.

a person may not: (1) manufacture, possess, or distribute an abortion-inducing drug in this state; (2) mail, transport, deliver, prescribe, or provide an abortion-inducing drug in any manner to or from any person or location in this state;

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%

Creates civil and qui tam liability for abortion assistance organizations that pay for, reimburse, insure, or provide travel accommodations, transportation, meals, lodging, child care, or other logistical support with intent to facilitate procurement of an elective abortion regardless of where it is

"Abortion assistance organization" means a person that procures or facilitates the procurement of an elective abortion by: ... (B) paying for, reimbursing, insuring, planning, or executing plans for travel accommodations, including transportation, meals, or lodging, with the intent of facilitating the procurement of an elective abortion, regardless of where the abortion is performed;

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Imposes strict civil liability for wrongful death or personal injury of an "unborn child" from use of an abortion-inducing drug, allows the mother or father of the unborn child to sue for its wrongful death, and applies market-share liability among manufacturers, treating the unborn child as a legal

a person who manufactures, possesses, distributes, mails, transports, delivers, prescribes, or provides an abortion-inducing drug ... is strictly, absolutely, and jointly and severally liable for: (1) the wrongful death of an unborn child or pregnant woman from the use of the abortion-inducing drug; and (2) personal injury of an unborn child or pregnant woman from the use of the abortion-inducing drug.

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Defines and prohibits conduct by abortion providers and abortion assistance organizations that facilitates elective abortions via drugs or support services, with civil, qui tam, and injunctive enforcement mechanisms, so greater regulation and liability for providers and facilitators of abortion.

"Abortion provider" means a person that performs elective abortions. ... "Abortion assistance organization" means a person that procures or facilitates the procurement of an elective abortion by: (A) offering or providing money to pay for, reimburse, insure, or offset the costs of an abortion ...

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