How Anti-Abortion and Anti-Trans Bills Are Impacted by Texas Democrats Fleeing the State

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Originally published at: How Anti-Abortion and Anti-Trans Bills Are Impacted by Texas Democrats Fleeing the State - TPM – Talking Points Memo

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The 19th. Texas Democrats fled the state over the weekend to stop a Republican proposal redrawing the state’s congressional maps. But their exit has also temporarily halted other conservative priorities for the special session — including new abortion…

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Following pressure from state and national anti-abortion activists, Abbott asked for legislation that would have let private citizens sue health providers for mailing or prescribing abortion medication to patients in Texas — an effort to block health care from groups like Aid Access, an organization through which medical professionals in other states prescribe and mail abortion pills to people living under bans.

So if this passes in Texas then can it be expanded beyond abortion pills?
I mean it just sounds like privacy between a patient and their medical provider is now not a thing.