Texas Right to Life is recruiting men to sue those who helped their partners access abortions, expanding legal strategies to restrict reproductive rights and target abortion assistance across the state.
The biggest anti-abortion group in the region, Texas Right to Life, is intensifying campaigns to restrict access to abortions by enlisting men to sue those who helped their spouses have abortions. President John Seago said the Houston-based group's approach consists of civil cases for assisting and abetting or wrongful killing.
This strategy centers on a 2023 case when a Texas man sued acquaintances of his ex-wife for allegedly enabling her access to abortion drugs. The matter was resolved in 2024, therefore providing a possible model for the following lawsuits. By February 2025, Seago informed Chron the organization intends to launch at least one such case.
Critics claim this approach is an intimidation tool meant to discourage individuals from obtaining care connected to abortion. Marc Hearron of the Center for Reproductive Rights claimed, "The anti-abortion movement is openly targeting anyone involved in abortion access to instill fear."
The group also intends to file litigation against abortion money, helping Texans out-of-state and reproductive health organizations. Proponents contend these limits could violate federal rights.
Texas Right to Life also seeks to prevent the distribution of abortion drugs into the state—a crucial action as most U.S. operations in 2023 are medication abortions.
With anti-abortion activists trying to fix gaps and create new legal precedents in 2025, the legal fight emphasizes the rising tensions in Texas about abortion rights.
As per reports, most abortions performed in the United States in 2023 were medication ones. Many clinics, websites, and companies spread these medications throughout the United States. The biggest facility, according to the Washington Post, supplies medicines to a minimum of 6,000 women in areas where abortion is illegal every month.
