Scoring a victory for unborn children and vulnerable women and girls, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed into law on Friday new safeguards protecting women from the significant risks of abortion pills sent by mail. Chemical abortion advocates claim these drugs are “safer than Tylenol” and offer women convenience and privacy. What abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood won’t tell you is that, while mail-order abortion drugs pad their own bottom line, they put women at increased risk of complications like severe pain and bleeding, infection, incomplete abortion and in some cases even death.

One of Gov. Abbott’s top priorities for the special session, S.B. 4 was authored by a Democrat (Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr.) in the state Senate and a Republican (Rep. Stephanie Klick) in the House. It passed the state senate three times but languished while House Democrats fled the state to avoid voting on election reform. After the reestablishment of quorum, the bill passed the House by a nearly two-to-one vote.

Texas is leading a historic groundswell of pro-life momentum in state legislatures nationwide. On top of its new law protecting unborn children from the moment their heartbeat can be detected—which could save an estimated 132 lives a day—the Lone Star State joins Oklahoma, Montana, Indiana, Arkansas and Arizona in enacting laws to stop the spread of dangerous abortion drugs. Texas pairs these pro-life laws with state initiatives like the $100 million Alternatives to Abortion program, which operates alongside some 200 privately supported pregnancy centers that offer crucial support services for women and families.