
Law’s Jessie Hill discusses Texas abortion pill law and state power
MEDIA |
September 4, 2025
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF
Talking Points Memo: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, said Texas’ new abortion pill law tests how far state power can reach, since mailing pills “reaches into that state.” She warned the effort provokes a fight over the Comstock Act and likened today’s bans to Prohibition: abortions continue despite restrictions.