The Texas House failed to pass the Woman and Child Protection Act (SB 2880/HB 5510) on Tuesday, leaving preborn children prey to mail-order abortion pills for the foreseeable future. The bill died after Chairman Ken King (R–Canadian) slow-walked the measure for nearly a month, despite pressure from hundreds of Pro-Life Texans.

The Woman and Child Protection Act ranked as the top Pro-Life bill of 2025, as it would have stopped the biggest threat to preborn children: abortion pills sent to Texas from other states and countries. Instead of brick-and-mortar clinics, abortion groups sell these deadly pills online or sneak them over the border.

Yet King ignored the danger, delaying a vote on the Pro-Life bill in his committee for weeks. Only when the legislative clock was about to run out did he move the Woman and Child Protection Act forward—far too late. The bill then stalled between King’s State Affairs Committee and the Calendars Committee. King’s apathy meant the Pro-Life policy never reached the House floor for a vote.

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Without the Woman and Child Protection Act, 19,000 babies may die by abortion pills per year in Texas unless the governor intervenes. At the same time, these drugs pose serious risks to mothers—sending nearly 1 in 9 women to the emergency room.

The Woman and Child Protection Act would have made Texas the first state to effectively combat the growing threat of illegal chemical abortions by:

• Allowing Texans to sue abortion pill manufacturers and distributors;
• Giving women and families the right to sue for wrongful deaths or injuries caused by these drugs; and
• Empowering the attorney general to prosecute abortion pill traffickers directly.

Despite overwhelming grassroots and institutional support—including from Republican lawmakers, Human Coalition, Students for Life of America, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Right to Life Across Texas, and the Texas GOP—House leadership let the bill die.

If nothing is done, an estimated 38,000 abortion pills will be trafficked into Texas between now and the next regular legislative session in 2027—killing babies and endangering their mothers.

The only way Texas lawmakers could save children from chemical abortions before 2027 is if Governor Abbott calls a special session for the Woman and Child Protection Act.

This opportunity must not be ignored while lives are on the line.

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