May 27, 2025
Echoing the calls of Students for Life Action (SFLAction), 43 members of the Texas House of Representatives—led by Students for Life of America (SFLA) alumni and pro-life champion Rep. Briscoe Cain—sent a letter to House State Affairs Committee Chairman Representative Ken King, urging him to bring S.B. 2880, the Women and Child Protection Act—and their push succeeded.
On Friday, May 23rd, the bill was brought forward and passed out of committee in an 8 to 5 vote, marking a major victory for pro-life advocates across Texas.
This bill would prohibit Online, No Test Chemical Abortion Pill traffickers—often from out-of-state—from distributing these dangerous pills illegally in Texas.
Saturday, May 24th was the final day for House committees to take action on Senate bills. This prompted the 43 Members to send the following urgent letter to Rep. King:
“Texas is in crisis,” the letter warns. “The tremendous protections afforded to mothers and children by S.B. 8, the Heartbeat Bill, and H.B. 1290, the Trigger Bill, is subverted daily by bad actors who flood our state with dangerous and deadly abortion pills. This must end. Senator Hughes’ legislation is the next step forward to protect the lives of the unborn and the well-being of Texas women and babies.”
Both the Heartbeat Bill and the Trigger Bill passed in 2021, marking a pivotal shift in pro-life legislation in Texas by prohibiting abortion and laying the groundwork for a post-Roe v. Wade legal framework.
Unfortunately, the next steps remain uncertain. Even after the bill passed out of the House State Affairs Committee, Chairman Ken King has yet to forward the report to the Calendar Committee, jeopardizing its chances of reaching the House floor before June 2nd, just a week away.
On May 15th, students visited the Texas State Capitol to meet with lawmakers, asking them to support S.B. 2880 and telling them about the harms of these dangerous Chemical Abortion Pills.
In addition to students visiting the Capitol, SFLAction’s Kristi Hamrick testified in favor of the companion bill in the Texas House State Affairs Committee, H.B. 5510 last month.
“Chemical Abortion Pills expose women to injury, infertility, and death,” she cautioned lawmakers. “The reckless model empowers abusers, who can give the deadly pills without women’s knowledge or consent.”
SFLAction is now calling on Speaker Dustin Burrows to use his power as Speaker to bring SB 2880 up for a floor vote this week. Time is running out for the Texas House to take action and protect the lives of women and preborn children.