September 3, 2025
Student for Life Action-Inspired Women & Child Protection Act Passes the Texas Senate State Affairs Committee & Full Senate – Again!
Up next, Gov. Abbott’s Signature
“With the ‘Women and Child Protection Act’ passing the Texas State Senate for a second time, the bill has now passed the Texas legislature and now heads to the Governor’s desk. This first-in-the-nation law demonstrates Texas’ commitment to protecting both women & preborn children by addressing the dangers of Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking,” said Student for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins. “The Lone Star state has ensured that women and children are put first—not pill pushers and abusers. This bill offers an innovative approach to ensuring that those who kill with pills, harming mothers and preborn children, will face real consequences. Governor Abbott, sign this unique bill into law ASAP.”
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AUSTIN, TX (09-03-2025) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins praised the Texas Senate for passing House Bill 7, after the bill cleared the Texas House last week; next stop, the desk of the governor for signature. The Women and Child Protection Act targets Online, No-Test Chemical Abortion Pill traffickers by empowering those harmed by the harmful pills to hold them accountable. Hawkins noted: “For the second time, the Texas State Senate had a first-in-the-nation opportunity to hold to account the Chemical Abortion Pill pushers selling their deadly drugs in the Lone Star State and hiding from the life-and-death consequences. And the Pro-Life Generation is calling on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to protect LIFE in law by signing HB& into law ASAP. The predators don’t seem to care about the loss of life they are arranging, but we believe Chemical Abortion Pill traffickers will care when, at the very least, it costs them their evil profits.”
“Students for Life Action has been all over the Lone Star state this summer, sounding the alarm about illegal Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking into Texas,” said Hawkins. “We will not stop doing so until women are safe, the preborn are protected, and these abusers are held accountable.”
As reported by the Associated Press, HB 7, as passed by the Texas House, allows anyone who manufactures or provides access to Chemical Abortion Pills to be sued for up to $100,000 in damages. However, only a pregnant woman, the man who impregnated her, or other close relatives could collect the entire amount. Anyone else who sues could receive only $10,000, with the remaining $90,000 going to charity. This gamechanger bill also contains provisions intended to keep those with a history of family violence from collecting and barring disclosure of women’s personal or medical information in court documents.
This continues to be a victory for SFLAction and Texas Right to Life (TRTL), which demanded that the Women and Child Protection Act be a top priority in the Texas special session. And Texas has proven that they are listening to pro-life voices.
SFLAction has been working since the regular Texas legislative session this spring to get this legislation to Gov. Abbott’s desk. When signed into law, this bill would be the first of its kind in the country.
READ MORE: Coalition Letter: Don’t Mess with Texas, Governor Abbott
BACKGROUNDER
In regular session, SFLAction fought for passage of the bill, activating our more than 100 Texas student groups on behalf of this innovative effort. SFLAction Vice President of Media & Policy Kristi Hamrick testified during the general session in favor of the original bill.
READ MORE: Moms & Babies Deserved Better in Texas. We’re Not Giving Up.
After calling for a special session on the Women and Child Protection Act, the bill was filed as SB 6 sponsored by Sen. Bryan Hughes and HB 30 sponsored by Rep. Jeff Leach. SB 6 passed through the Senate, but no action was taken on HB 30.
Duke Denman, a Students for Life Action (SFLAction) Student Captain and Students for Life leader at Founders Classical Academy of Leander took on the Texas legislature to lobby for SFLAction-inspired Women and Child Protection Act on both July 21st and August 11th. He also testified in favor of SB 6.
After the first special session ended, the bill was immediately reintroduced as SB 7 for the second special session and passed the Senate State Affairs Committee. Then, HB 7 was introduced in the House State Affairs Committee.
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE THREAT OF THE PILLS, READ: New Study Finds Chemical Abortion More Dangerous than FDA Admits
TO LEARN MORE ON HOW EASY CHEMICAL ABORTION PILLS ARE TO PURCHASE, READ: The Federalist: Jordan Butler — It Took Me Only 30 Seconds To Order Deadly Abortion Pills In A State Where They’re Illegal
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The Pro-Life Generation (PLG) is an umbrella organization encompassing the most-cutting edge engagement opportunities for a Vote Pro-Life First Community. PLG includes Students for Life Action (SFLAction), a 501c4, along with its 501c3 sister organization, Students for Life of America (SFLA), that together make up the nation’s largest, pro-life youth organization, managing a grassroots political and policy operation engaging Americans of all ages but with a special emphasis on the largest segment of voters — the Youth Vote. Headquartered in Fredericksburg, VA, PLG/SFLA/SFLAction serves more than 1,500 groups on middle, high school, college, medical, and law school campuses in all 50 states. Our team has more conversations with this generation targeted by the abortion lobby than any other pro-life operation in the world, each week reaching more than 4 million across social media platforms and averaging 1.3 million video views. In addition to SFLA/SFLAction, PLG leads multiple initiatives to lead and serve the future of the pro-life movement including the Campaign for Abortion Free Cities, Standing With You, and the Demetree Institute for Pro-Life.