Texas law allowing private citizens to sue over abortion pill draws concern from providers

KFOX 14 ^ | December 1, 2025 | Natalie Venegas

[Morgana]

AUSTIN, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — Abortion providers and physicians from several states are warning about the impact of a new Texas law that will allow private citizens to sue anyone who distributes abortion medication.

The law, House Bill 7, will allow private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures or distributes abortion drugs to or from Texas, including out-of-state physicians who use telehealth.

The civil suits, if successful, would allow plaintiffs to be awarded a minimum of $100,000 against those who prescribe, mail, or distribute abortion pills to Texans. If the plaintiff is not directly related to the fetus, they would only be entitled to 10% and would have to give the remaining money to a charity of their choosing.

However, under this new law, women taking abortion pills would not be eligible to be sued.

Proponents of the law say it protects unborn babies and closes loopholes. Meanwhile, opponents of the law say that it not only places more restrictions on abortion medication that could be lifesaving, but would also make it difficult for people who aren’t seeking elective abortions to access sometimes life-saving medications, making it difficult for medical professionals to treat them.

Ahead of House Bill 7 taking effect on Dec. 4, abortion providers and physicians from Texas, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Ohio spoke in a press call on Monday about the impact this law will have on patients and their providers.

Dr. Bhavik Kumar, a Texas-based family physician and abortion provider and Co-Chair of the Committee to Protect Health Care’s Reproductive Freedom Taskforce, emphasized the fear and uncertainty this law adds to not just healthcare providers, but also for patients.

[Morgana]

Texas is not playing around with this abortion pill thing

[BFW]

But they’re safe, tested, no one has gotten hurt by them...............No sir ‘E’ Blood clot...safe and sane. There no reason to aloud civil actions............

Let the civil suits begin.

[Stingray51]

since we are stuck with plaintiff lawyers, we might as well empower them to do something better for society than slip and fall cases

next, create a private right of action so that companies harmed by competitors employing illegals can sue those employers for unfair competition

and impose “strict liability” on companies that employ illegal alien drivers who cause death and injury on the roads. That would mean the plaintiff need only prove the truck driver was at fault, caused the death / injury and was employed as the driver while illegally in the country.

[mewzilla]

More here...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539873/

Looks like depending on what’s prescribed, some uses are off-label.

I would think that would make a liability defense more difficult.