The suit had accused the three women of wrongful death. It was part of a heated battle over the use of such pills in states with abortion bans.

A Texas man who sued his ex-wife's friends for helping her obtain an abortion has settled with the women, avoiding a trial.

A Texas man who sued his ex-wife’s friends for helping her obtain an abortion informed the court that the two sides reached a settlement, forgoing the need for a trial that would have tested his argument that their actions amounted to assisting in a wrongful death.

Trump lawyer Jonathan Mitchell represented the man, who sought $1 million from three women he accused of helping his ex-wife get an abortion

The administration said a state abortion law conflicted with a federal law requiring emergency care. The court similarly sidestepped a case from Idaho in June.

A Texas man who sued his ex-wife's friends for wrongful death after they allegedly helped her obtain pills to terminate her pregnancy has dropped the case, the defendants' attorney says.

A Texas man accused of killing his wife said she intentionally overdosed, according to police. /iStockphoto A Texas man killed his pregnant wife, then tried to convince investigators she died by suicide,

Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.