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Texas lawmakers take aim at abortion pills in new legislative session

Bills crafted to stop what is widely viewed a loophole as abortion pills have helped mitigate bans dotting the US

The Guardian - US

Texas man settles lawsuit with women who helped his wife get abortion pills

A Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for helping her obtain an abortion informed the court that the two sides reached a settlement, forgoing the need for a trial that would have tested his argument that their actions amounted to assisting in a wrongful death

The Independent UK

Texas man drops lawsuit against women accused of helping ex-wife get abortion

Marcus Silva asked court for $1m damages in case that was legally questionable but worried abortion rights activists

The Guardian - US

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Galveston man drops wrongful death claims against women who allegedly helped his ex-wife get an abortion

Marcus Silva and the women agreed to drop lawsuits against each other just days before they were set to go to trial.

The Texas Tribune

Texas may flunk students for abortions

Men are using abortion bans to control and abuse women in their lives for "consensual sexual intercourse"

Salon

Trump's new lawyer is his worst one yet

For Jonathan Mitchell, gutting democracy is the means, but controlling women is the motive

Salon

Real GOP agenda: "Keep her legs closed"

Republicans definitely want to punish women for having sex — but they don't want voters to figure that out

Salon

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MAGA gets even weirder about sex

Cults always police their followers' sex lives, but the right wants to impose their bizarre beliefs on everyone

Salon

Trump's dogwhistle to religious right

As Trump doubles down on "grab 'em by the p*ssy," the Christian right gets comfy admitting they love male dominance

Salon

An obscure 1800s law is shaping up to be the center of the next abortion battle – legal scholars explain what's behind the Victorian-era Comstock Act

Anti-abortion groups are looking for new ways to wage their battle against abortion rights, eyeing the potential implications of a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, that could effectively lead to a nationwide abortion ban.

The Conversation

Man who sued over abortion countersued

Ex-husband demanded wife give him "mind body and soul"

Salon

A Texas man sued his ex-wife’s friends for allegedly helping her with an abortion. Now they’re suing him

Influential right-wing attorneys helped him file a $1m ‘wrongful death’ lawsuit against a group of women accused of supporting his ex-wife’s abortion. A countersuit alleges he wanted to keep her under his control

The Independent UK

A Texas man sued his his ex-wife’s friends for allegedly helping her with an abortion. Now they’re suing him

The Independent UK

Texas man suing over abortion accused of abuse in court docs

A man who filed a lawsuit in Texas against three women he said helped his now-ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion is accused in a new court filing of using the lawsuit as an extension of the manipulative, controlling and emotionally abusive behavior he displayed toward her during their marriage

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The Texas Tribune

Women accused of facilitating abortion in Galveston wrongful-death lawsuit file countersuit

The women are accused of helping their friend terminate her pregnancy, but they now claim her ex-husband, who brought the lawsuit, knew she had obtained the medication and did nothing to stop her.

The Guardian - US

They helped their friend get an abortion. Now a bitter ex-husband is suing them

Marcus Silva’s lawsuit is a metaphor for the creepy, stupid and cruel nature of the anti-choice movement

WEKU

Documents in abortion pill lawsuit raise questions about ex-husband's claims

A Texas man is suing three women he says helped his ex-wife obtain an abortion "without even his knowledge." Experts say documents related to the case suggest he might have known ahead of time.

The Guardian - US

Are Texas’s abortion laws being used for state-sponsored spousal harassment?

A Texas man is suing his ex-wife’s friends for helping her get an abortion – whether he wins or not, the lawsuit is sending a terrifying message to women

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Reason

Texas Man Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Friends Who Helped His Ex-Wife Obtain an Abortion

"I know either way he will use it against me.... And after the fact, I know he will try to act like he has some right to the decision," said the woman in text messages to her friends named as defendants in the suit.

Tribune News Service

VP Harris lauds Texans asking court to remind doctors that abortion is legal in emergency

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday lauded the five “courageous” women pressing in court to clarify the Texas abortion ban after doctors — fearing prosecution — refused to end their pregnancies despite medical emergencies.

Salon

Man sues ex's friends over abortion pill

Husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy

Daily Mirror

Man sues three women for helping his ex-wife get an abortion in 'outrageous' lawsuit

Marcus Silva claims that three Texas women who assisted his ex-wife in a self-administered abortion aided a murder and is seeking $1million (£830,000) in damages

Axios

3 Texas women sued for allegedly helping friend access abortion pills

Marcus Silva has sued the three women for wrongful death for allegedly assisting his now ex-wife.

The Independent UK

Texas women sued for wrongful death after aiding in abortion

Three women in Texas are being sued for wrongful death by a man who claims they helped his now-ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion

The Texas Tribune

Three Texas women are sued for wrongful death after allegedly helping friend obtain abortion medication

In the first lawsuit of its kind since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a husband seeks damages from women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain the medications to terminate her pregnancy.

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