Abortion Drugs & Practices

40 Days for Life is a pro-life organization founded in 2004 that organizes 40-day prayer campaigns with round-the-clock vigils outside abortion clinics to pray for an end to abortion, resulting in at least 26,714 lives saved, 187 abortion centers closed, and 279 abortion workers quitting since 2007. The newest campaign runs from September 23 to November 1, inviting participants to pray outside local abortion clinics, while the organization's headquarters is located at the original Planned Parenthood site in Bryan/College Station, Texas.

Carmello Brooks, a University of Houston football player in Texas, was arrested for allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend after she refused to take the abortion pill. The University of Houston Athletics is investigating the matter, highlighting a Texas-based incident involving allegations of violence against pregnant women.

A 19-year-old University of Houston football player from Katy, Texas, was charged with assaulting his pregnant girlfriend after she refused to have an abortion, highlighting issues of coercion and abuse linked to abortion in Texas. The article uses this Texas case to illustrate broader concerns about abortion pill coercion and abuse, with specific reference to Texas law classifying the assault as a third-degree felony.

Texas college football player Carmello Brooks, a defensive linebacker for the Houston Cougars, has been charged with assaulting his pregnant girlfriend after she refused to take an abortion pill. The incident occurred in Texas, and Brooks faces charges including assaulting a pregnant person and misdemeanor criminal mischief related to a previous altercation with another pregnant woman in the state.

Fred Clark, a Democrat running for Congress in Wisconsin's 7th District, supports codifying the right to sell and distribute abortion drugs and opposes any limits on abortion, including repealing the Hyde Amendment to allow federal funding for abortions. He plans to withhold federal funds from states with pro-life laws, requiring states receiving federal funds to provide abortion care at all stages of pregnancy, which would impact funding for areas like education, infrastructure, and disaster relief in states such as Texas and Florida.

Efforts to support pro-life candidates and oppose federal funding for Planned Parenthood are focused on key swing states including Texas. Winning congressional seats in Texas is seen as crucial to renewing measures that defund Planned Parenthood and advance pro-life legislation at the federal level.

Planned Parenthood continued to bill Medicaid in Texas after being banned in 2015 due to undercover footage showing officials negotiating the sale of aborted baby body parts. A federal appeals court recently rejected Planned Parenthood's appeal, sending the case back to a Texas federal court where the organization must defend approximately 144,411 Medicaid claims worth about $17 million, potentially leading to damages approaching $1.8 billion under the False Claims Act.

The Texas Medical Board revoked Dr. William Evans's medical license after he prescribed an abortion-inducing drug to a patient, violating Texas's comprehensive pro-life laws including the Human Life Protection Act.

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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas, is considering a case challenging the prescribing rules for mifepristone, a key drug used in medication abortions, as part of broader efforts to restrict abortion access after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.

Nearly 40 pro-life groups led by Students for Life Action sent a letter to the Trump Administration during the 2026 Republican Midterm Convention held in Dallas, Texas, urging the debarment of Planned Parenthood from federal funding. The Texas location of the convention highlights the state's role as a backdrop for this national pro-life advocacy effort targeting Planned Parenthood's alleged fraud and federal law violations.

Flanders reports another pause in a lawsuit brought by Texas and Florida challenging mifepristone's federal approval. She explains that proceedings are expected to resume after the FDA's review or the stated December deadline and notes a denied dismissal motion.

A federal judge has paused a lawsuit filed jointly by Texas and Florida seeking to revoke the FDA's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until after the November midterm elections or the conclusion of an FDA safety review. This delay directly impacts Texas's legal efforts to challenge eased federal restrictions on mifepristone distribution, which Texas argues undermine its state abortion laws.

Texas is expanding access to abortion pill reversal through funding crisis pregnancy centers and the Thriving Texas Families program despite medical experts warning the method is unproven and potentially dangerous. The state has seen a rise in abortion reversal attempts facilitated by over 100 clinics and medical professionals, although no standardized data collection on these procedures or their side effects exists in Texas.

Paris, Texas According to Planned Parenthood’s website, the Paris, Texas location is no longer open for in-person customers as of October, 2025. Source: Planned Parenthood

Four years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Texas has largely eliminated legal surgical and chemical abortions through laws like the trigger law and the Texas Heartbeat Act, with ongoing legislative efforts to further restrict chemical abortion pills.

Texas lawmakers held a Senate State Affairs Committee hearing to review House Bill 7, a Texas law restricting access to abortion pills by prohibiting their manufacture, mailing, and distribution, while allowing civil lawsuits against providers inside and outside Texas. The debate reflects ongoing legal challenges and public division within Texas over abortion pill access, with polling showing mixed opinions among Texans and advocacy groups urging different legislative approaches ahead of the 90th Texas Legislative Session.

Texas has enacted significant pro-life laws including the 2021 Heartbeat Act and the Human Life Protection Act, which ended elective abortions in the state following the Dobbs decision. The Texas Alliance for Life highlights ongoing challenges from mail-order chemical abortions and opposes criminalizing women, emphasizing support for pregnancy resource centers and enforcement against illegal abortion providers to protect unborn children and support women in crisis pregnancies.

A Woodlands man in Montgomery County, Texas, has been indicted on two first-degree felony charges for secretly giving a pregnant woman an abortion drug without her knowledge, resulting in a miscarriage. This case is potentially the first prosecution under Texas' anti-abortion law for such circumstances, highlighting the state's legal stance on abortion-related offenses.

The Supreme Court preserved access to the abortion pill mifepristone by blocking lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit filed by Louisiana proceeds. This ruling impacts Texas as it falls within the 5th U.S.

Dr. Marty Makary resigned as FDA commissioner after a turbulent tenure marked by conflicts with pharmaceutical CEOs, vaping lobbyists, and anti-abortion activists, including criticism over the abortion pill mifepristone which is a key issue for conservative groups nationwide, including in Texas.

A 2023 FDA rule allowing mifepristone, an abortion pill, to be mailed to patients has been challenged by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas, potentially restricting Texans' access to the drug via mail due to Texas' abortion ban.

Federal court rulings on the telehealth availability of the abortion medication mifepristone have created uncertainty, but advocates say Texans can still access abortion pills by mail despite Texas' strict abortion bans. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has attempted to enforce the state's ban on mailed abortion pills, including suing a New York doctor, but enforcement has been challenged by other states' laws, allowing medication abortion to continue flowing into Texas.

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked a 5th Circuit Court ruling that would have required mifepristone, an abortion pill, to be obtained in person, allowing Texans to continue mail-order access for now despite the state's abortion ban.

For Immediate Release: April 27, 2026 CONTACT: Hamilton Strategies, Media@HamiltonStrategies.com, Beth Bogucki, 610.584.1096 ext. 105, or Linda Klosterman, LKlosterman@hamiltonstrategies.com ‘Urgent care centers that add medication abortion services are not filling a gap… Women deserve compassionate care, accurate information and practical support,’ says Save the Storks CEO Diane Ferraro PLANO, Texas — As Planned Parenthood locations continue to shutter across the country and urgent care centers begin […] The post Save the Storks celebrates pregnancy health clinics for serving women left by Pl