AUSTIN – The Texas state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would crack down on mail-order abortion medications, allowing ordinary people to sue providers, distributors and manufacturers for damages.

The bill, which passed 17-8, now heads to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott, an anti-abortion Republican, who is expected to sign it into law.

It would allow residents unconnected to a pregnant woman to sue medical providers, pharmaceutical companies and courier services like FedEx and UPS, which may ship abortion medication to Texans, or intend to do so, for damages. Women who take such medications to end their pregnancies cannot be sued under the legislation. A suit can be brought even if no abortion has taken place.

The Texas legislation is part of a wider campaign against the increasing

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