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Texas man sues 3 women for allegedly aiding his ex-wife obtain abortion medication

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Therefore, the court does not have any license to put aside Texas’ abortion laws. Furthermore, according to Silva, all the defendants knew they were aiding in a murder and had the mens rea (guilty mind) needed to trigger the application of both statutes.

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