Abortion activists filed a class action suit against Texas district and county attorneys in an effort to avoid criminal penalties for assisting in out-of-state legal abortions, just as Texas prevailed in a related suit against the United States.

According to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, also a named defendant, the Texas Trigger Ban, effective Aug. 25, will allow state district attorneys—and county attorneys in counties where there is no elected district attorney—to begin criminal prosecution of abortionists that provide information, financial assistance for travel, or medical care to any women leaving the state to have an abortion in a state where the procedure is legal.

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