Abortion Is Now Illegal in Texas, State’s Attorney General Says

Existing Texas statues predating the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision render abortion illegal in the state immediately, Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement Friday.

• “Today, the question of abortion returns to the states,” Paxton said. “And in Texas, that question has already been answered: abortion is illegal here.”
• The state is set to fully ban abortions 30 days after Roe v. Wade is declared unconstitutional, which the U.S. Supreme Court did Friday, but pre-existing laws make it illegal already, Paxton said.
• “Some prosecutors may choose to immediately pursue criminal prosecutions based on violations of Texas abortion prohibitions predating ...