Abortion Pill Shipper Accused by Texas of Targeting Residents

An abortion pill mailing service and physicians are facing accusations in a lawsuit from Texas that they illegally shipped medication into the state in a scheme to subvert restrictions on reproductive services.

The state contends in its Tuesday complaint that the nonprofit Aid Access “is a notorious part of a growing network of out-of-state abortion traffickers that deliberately target Texas residents and defy this State’s duly enacted protections for unborn children and their mothers.”

The lawsuit, filed in the District Court of Galveston County, Texas, claims the company and physicians violated the state’s Human Life Protection Act by prescribing abortion ...