Texas Woman Sues Kristan Hawkins Over Abortion-Pill Stunt
In March, two Mother Jones videographers and I stood outside the Space Center Houston and watched Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, order abortion pills online. We were shadowing Hawkins through Texas for a profile, documentary, and radio story about her role overseeing one of the anti-abortion movement’s most influential organizations, which now claims […]
In March, Mother Jones videographers accompanied Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life, as she placed an online order for abortion pills outside the Space Center Houston. This public stunt aimed to demonstrate the ease of obtaining abortion pills in Texas, a state with strict abortion laws. Now, a 26-year-old Texas woman, Maria Puerto, has filed a lawsuit against Hawkins, her colleague Lydia Taylor Davis, and two other Students for Life staff members for allegedly breaking state law and "mocking" those who have suffered due to the state's abortion bans.
Puerto argues that the stunt not only violated the law but also highlights the impact of Texas' restrictive abortion policies on her life. She claims that the two unplanned pregnancies she has faced since Roe v. Wade was overturned have disrupted her life, causing her to drop out of college, lose her job, and become depressed. The lawsuit seeks $459,782, which is the average cost of raising two children in Texas from birth to age 18.
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