Politics

The bill’s opponents have called it a “bounty hunter law” because successful plaintiffs would be awarded at least $100,000 in damages. 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. Women taking abortion pills would not be eligible to be sued under the bill, nor would women who take them after miscarriages.

“If discovery reveals that Coeytaux has mailed, transported, delivered, prescribed, or provided any abortion-inducing drug to any person or location in Texas since HB 7 took effect on December 4, 2025, then Mr. Rodriguez will seek to recover at least $100,000.00 for each of those statutory violations,” Mitchell said in the updated lawsuit.