Mon Jul 11, 2022 – 10:31 am EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Texas state legislators have warned law firm Sidley Austin that it could be in violation of the law for funding abortions.
The pro-life Texas Freedom Caucus sent a letter, signed by its chairman, Rep. Mayes Middleton, to the international law firm and informed it that it must preserve all records concerning its alleged aid to a woman who had a chemical abortion in Texas against state law.
It “appears that Sidley may have aided or abetted drug-induced abortions in violation of the Texas Heartbeat Act, by paying for abortions (or abortion-related travel) in which the patient ingested the second drug in Texas after receiving the drugs from an out-of-state provider,” the letter stated. “Litigation is already underway to uncover the identity of those who aided or abetted these and other illegal abortions.”
The letter reminder Sidley Austin that Texas’ pro-life laws “extend to drug-induced abortions if any part of the drug regimen is ingested in Texas, even if the drugs were dispensed by an out-of-state abortionist.”
“To the extent that Sidley is facilitating abortions performed in violation of [state law], it is
exposing itself and each
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