Texas House Kills Bill That Could Have Saved 19,000 Babies a Year
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The Texas House failed to pass the Woman and Child Protection Act (SB 2880/HB 5510) on Tuesday, leaving preborn children prey to mail-order abortion pills for the foreseeable future. The bill died after Chairman Ken King (R–Canadian) slow-walked the measure for nearly a month, despite pressure from hundreds of Pro-Life Texans.
The Woman and Child Protection Act ranked as the top Pro-Life bill of 2025, as it would have stopped the biggest threat to preborn children: abortion pills sent to Texas from other states and countries. Instead of brick-and-mortar clinics, abortion groups sell these deadly pills online or sneak them over the border.
Yet King ignored the danger, delaying a vote on the Pro-Life bill in his committee for weeks. Only when the legislative clock was about to run out did he move the Woman and Child Protection Act forward—far too late. The bill then stalled between King’s committee and the schedulers (known as the Calendars Committee). King’s apathy meant the Pro-Life policy never reached the House floor for a vote.
