The bills come just one month after state Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor in December for sending abortion medication to a woman living in Texas.
House Bill 1339 would reclassify abortion pills as "controlled substances," implementing greater legal restrictions on them, including harsher punishments for those found in possession.
Abortion medication is by far the most common method for having an abortion in the U.S., with usage of abortion pills increasing since the coronavirus pandemic.
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