Texas GOP to Ban Sex Toys in Walmart, Target & Walgreens

GOP moves to Ban Sex Toys in Walmart, Target, CVS and Walgreens

AUSTIN, TX — (12-17-24) — Taliban wannabe state of Texas is moving to ban sex toys from being sold in Walmart, CVS, Target, Walgreens, Meijer and Kroger by introducing House Bill (HB) 1549, a new draconian proposal that says “A business in this state may not sell, offer for sale, or hold for sale an obscene device, unless the business is a sexually oriented business,”.

The latest stunt targeting the adult entertainment industry was introduced by newly elected Republican state lawmaker Hillary Hickland, who won District 55 for the state of Texas in November.

Assemblywoman Hickland is seeking to ban the sale and display of sex toys in drugstores, retail pharmacies and major retail markets.

“Parents do not consent to their children being exposed to obscene devices while shopping for toothpaste,” said Hickland in a statement to the press promoting her draconian proposal. “House Bill 1549 provides common-sense protections for families by ensuring parents can shop with their children without encountering sexually explicit items that compromise their innocence.” said Hickland.

HB 1549 is using the “protect the children” narrative once again to go after adult Americans who enjoy sex toys. The draconian legislature also grants local and county governments new civil powers to target companies that county and district attorneys believe violate the law. The bill describes this action as protecting the so-called “public interest.”

What makes this bill so pathetic is that Texas already has a statute on the books that defines an “obscene device” to be a “device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.”

What really makes this absurd is that Texas continues to be the only dark age state in our union that has a limit on the number of sex toys an adult can own. Get this, in Texas, the law states that it is illegal for an individual to own six or more sex toys or exhibit an “intent to distribute” them, unbelievable.

We will continue to follow the movement of this draconian bill through the Texas legislature.

To voice your concerns to Texas Assemblywoman Hillary Hickland (R), do so on Facebook @Hickland4TX and X @HicklandHillary..