SB7 Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%

Prohibits manufacture, distribution, mailing, transport, delivery, prescription or provision of abortion-inducing drugs in or to/from the state (with narrow exceptions), so less legal access to medication abortion.

a person may not: (1) manufacture or distribute an abortion-inducing drug in this state; or (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%

Prohibits manufacture, distribution, mailing, transport, delivery, prescription or provision of abortion-inducing drugs in or to/from the state (with narrow exceptions), so less legal access to medication abortion.

a person may not: (1) manufacture or distribute an abortion-inducing drug in this state; or (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 85%

Creates qui-tam civil actions with high statutory damages, attorney's fees, long statute of limitations, limits on defenses, choice-of-law/venue/forum rules, and immunity for state actors to enforce prohibitions on abortion-inducing drugs, so less legal access to abortion.

a person, other than a political subdivision of this state, or an officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision of this state, has standing to bring and may bring a qui tam action against a person who: (1) violates Section 171A.051; or (2) intends to violate Section 171A.051.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 70%

Lists specific purposes (medical emergency, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, non-abortion uses) that are exempt from the prohibitions and liability on abortion-inducing drugs, so narrower access than without those exceptions.

Subsection (a) does not prohibit: ... (3) the possession, distribution, mailing, transport, delivery, or provision of an abortion-inducing drug for a purpose that does not include performing, inducing, attempting, or assisting an abortion, or for any purpose described in Section 171A.002(b);

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 80%

Grants the attorney general parens patriae standing to sue on behalf of 'unborn children of residents of this state' to enforce other abortion laws, which treats the unborn as having legal interests equivalent to persons.

The attorney general has parens patriae standing to bring an action under this section on behalf of unborn children of residents of this state.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 75%

Voids out-of-state abortion-shield or clawback laws, applies Texas law to the maximum extent, and authorizes counter-suits against those who sue Texas residents under such laws, so less protection for interstate travel or assistance related to abortion.

Notwithstanding any other law, and except as otherwise required by federal law or the Texas Constitution, the law of this state applies to: (1) the conduct described in Subsection (a); (2) any claim brought against a person for engaging in conduct described in Subsection (a); (3) any claim brought under a clawback provision against a citizen or resident of this State;

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 70%

Creates new procedural rules (exclusive jurisdiction in Fifteenth Court of Appeals, limits on TCPA/RFRA application, fee-shifting changes, sovereign immunity waivers only in narrow cases, choice-of-law/forum voids) that apply only to abortion-related civil actions, facilitating enforcement and so a

the Fifteenth Court of Appeals shall have exclusive intermediate appellate jurisdiction over any appeal or original proceeding arising out of an action brought under Section 171A.151 in the courts of this state.

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