Texas\u2019 new legislation, by design, will be difficult to preemptively challenge, as it\u2019s enforced by ordinary citizens. A legal clash is likely only after someone is sued under it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re trying to provoke a fight over the Comstock Act,\u201d Hill said, referencing an 1873 federal law banning the mailing of abortifacients that the anti-abortion movement has been eyeing to ban mailing the medication.<\/p>\n
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