A Houston-area lawmaker is threatening to introduce legislation against companies offering to pay for employees' abortion-related expenses. The warning in question comes from Republican State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-Deer Park), who in a recent Facebook post announced he is crafting a bill in response to Citigroup Inc.'s new company policy offering to cover travel expenses for employees traveling across state lines to seek the procedure.
Cain wrote his bill would prevent the bank from underwriting municipal bonds in the state unless it rescinded its policy. He claimed he sent a cease-and-desist letter to Citigroup chief executive Jane Fraser in which he called the policy a "misuse of shareholder money."
"These are criminal organizations," Cain wrote. "It is a crime to pay for another person's abortion in Texas, and anyone who gives money to these abortion funds will be prosecuted."
Today, I sent cease-and-desist letters to abortion funds and Citigroup informing them of current abortion laws in Texas. Abortion funds think they can flout the law because a local district attorney refuses to bring charges. We'll fix this problem next session. #txlege pic.twitter.com/jvf1WgCetM
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If passed during the next legislative session, which begins in 2023, Cain says the law would authorize district attorneys from anywhere in Texas to prosecute a company that violated the abortion law if the local district attorney did not take action.
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