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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office tried to bypass the First Amendment by criminalizing abortion referral information. ProPublica uncovered the effort in a detailed investigation.
ProPublica's investigation found that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office tried to prosecute people who provided information about where someone could access abortion services. The effort was designed to bypass First Amendment protections by treating referral information as aiding and abetting abortion. The state wasn't successful, but the attempt shows the legal strategy being pursued.
This is a direct attempt to suppress speech—not speech that helps someone circumvent a law, but speech that simply informs someone where legal services exist. It's an unusually aggressive interpretation of what "aiding and abetting" means. The strategy only works if courts accept the premise that informing someone of a legal option available in another state is the same as helping them break Texas law.
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