August 25, 2025
GROUNDBREAKING: Student for Life Action-Inspired Women & Child Protection Act Again Passes the Texas House State Affairs Committee
With the movement of the Women and Child Protection Act onto the Texas House floor, Texas is showing that it can protect both women & preborn children by addressing the dangers of Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking & safeguarding families,” said Student for Life Action President Kristan Hawkins. “Chemical Abortion Pill pushers & abusers love No-Test, Online Distribution of the deadly drugs and are openly bragging about illegally shipping these drugs into the Lone Star State. We need to put women and children first, especially over those dangerous predators.”
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AUSTIN, TX (08-25-2025) – Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins praised the Texas House State Affairs Committee for again passing House Bill 7 in an 8-4 vote. 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.
“Students for Life Action has been all over the Lone Star state, sounding the alarm about illegal Chemical Abortion Pill trafficking into Texas,” said Hawkins. “We’ve testified, lobbied, called, written, and prayed our way across the state. We are also proud of the efforts of our students and staff who never failed to keep the lives of preborn babies and their mothers as our priority.
The newly configured HB 7 allows anyone who manufactures or provides access to Chemical Abortion Pills to be sued for up to $100,000 in damages. This is a huge win for SFLAction and Texas Right to Life (TRTL), which demanded that theWomen and Child Protection Act be a top priority in the Texas special session. Now, the Texas House needs to vote this piece of legislation through.
In Texas, it is groundbreaking that this kind of legislation passed out of the House State Affairs Committee. SFLAction has been working since the regular Texas legislative session this spring to get this legislation to Gov. Abbott’s desk.
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 of America (SFLA) Student Captain 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 7for 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.