Texas bans mail order abortion drugs.

[roamer65]

Also limits prescription of them to only 7 or fewer weeks after “conception”.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/newly-signed-texas-law-restricts-abortion-inducing-medications-2021-09-24/

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/24/texas-abortion-medication-law-abbott/

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I'm trying to figure out

What they mean by 'mail order'. IE doesn't this touch interstate commerce if sent via USPS?

They might have just shot themselves in the foot . . . again.

ETA - what if they pass through there? Like - Houston port is HUGE!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. Clinics within Texas now aren't allowed to mail the pills to other places in Texas.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Yep! Abortion was just the tip of the iceberg...

they're working on going full on Handmaid's Tale.

[Bettie]

4. Yes, they are

and I hope this wakes up a bunch of people.

[Wounded Bear]

9. I think a big part of the problem is the number of women who actually support the repubs...

That's what scares me. I fance myself a bit of a feminist and support women having voices and even being in charge, but there seem to be a startling number of Stepford wives voting for toxic masculinity. I've long suspected the root of the problem lies in the toxic version of Christian theocracy being pushed by the far right Talibangelist fanatics. And frankly, far too many women have bought into it.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Texans are gonna have to organize and shut this shit down

[marybourg]

5. Are they going to stop and open US. Mail

parcels to enforce this law? That should be interesting.

[MagickMuffin]

6. Gee, I'm almost certain there'll be work-arounds

They really are stooopid!

[gratuitous]

7. Of course there will be work-arounds

But there shouldn't have to be, which is kind of the whole point of this pointless misogyny.

[MagickMuffin]

8. I know I live here and have an issue with their over-reach

Abbott is some kind of messed up thinking. I wish he would evolve but he is stuck in his hateful misery.

[bpj62]

10. Just the start

Birth Control is next. Many in the Anti Abortion camp consider birth control to be an Abortion drug because it prevents the woman from ovulating and thus stops the pregnancy. It is an all out assault on women's rights. Hell if they could figure out a way to prevent women from voting they would do it.

[Mad_Machine76]

12. have any of these laws been passed in other state

and if so, have they ever been challenged?