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Abortion nonprofits say Texas state Rep. Briscoe Cain defamed them in "cease-and-desist" letter
by Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas TribuneA group of nonprofits that help people access abortions are threatening to sue a Texas lawmaker for defamation after he called them “criminal organizations” in letters he posted to social media.
State Rep. Briscoe Cain, R-Deer Park, sent cease-and-desist letters to eight of these abortion funds earlier this month, ordering them to “immediately stop paying for abortions performed in Texas or face criminal prosecution.”
Cain cites an older state law that says “whoever furnishes the means for procuring an abortion knowing the purpose intended is guilty as an accomplice,” and faces two to five years in prison.
The state representative notes in his letter that the law was never repealed and that the Legislature reaffirmed the statute when it passed its ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/29/abortion-funds-defamation-briscoe-cain/