Remnant Recap

• Bathroom protections: Senate Bill 8 requires bathrooms and shelters to be used according to biological sex, with heavy fines for violations.

• Abortion pill crackdown: House Bill 7 bans the manufacture and distribution of abortion drugs and targets mail-order networks aiding illegal access.

• Pro-life momentum: Texas Right to Life calls the law the strongest in America for stopping abortion pill trafficking.

Texas just delivered a one-two punch for life, safety, and sanity — the kind of leadership Americans are starving for. With a new bathroom bill protecting women’s spaces and a powerful crackdown on mail-order abortion drugs, Texas is proving yet again that common sense still has a home in this country. While the left screams “unconstitutional,” Texans are choosing order over chaos, biological reality over ideology, and real protection over activist fantasy.

These laws defend women, safeguard children, and shut down a predatory abortion pipeline that endangers both mothers and babies. Texas isn’t backing down — and other states should take notes.

LifeSite News reports:

[T]he “Bathroom Bill,” which safeguards women by preventing gender-confused men from entering their private spaces. The second protects unborn children by stopping Texas residents from seeking abortion medication from out-of-state providers.

Senate Bill 8 prohibits transgender individuals from using the bathroom that matches their self-proclaimed “gender identity.” The bill also ensures that prisoners in Texas are housed with members of the same sex, which extends to family violence shelters. The law imposes steep fines on public buildings that violate it, with some penalties reaching as high as $125,000.

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House Bill 7, dubbed the “Woman and Child Protection Act,” outlaws the manufacturing or distribution of abortion drugs in Texas. The bill also targets organizations that help women obtain abortion pills through the mail, making them liable for private civil lawsuits with fines reaching up to $100,000 per violation. Texas Right to Life celebrated the end of abortion pill trafficking, labeling the practice as extremely dangerous to women.

“Texas is now the strongest state in America to crack down on mail-order abortion pills,” said Texas Right to Life in a statement on Thursday.

“Until now, activists trafficked at least 19,000 orders of abortion drugs into Texas per year. These pills starve preborn children to death and expel the baby’s body from the womb. At the same time, one in ten women who take them end up in the emergency room …

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