Texas Republicans are taking their obsession with abortion to a new level with this latest bill that allows anyone connected with an unlawful abortion to be charged with a crime.

If you’ve ever been to Texas, you know that Texans pride themselves on doing just about everything bigger. This dangerous obsession with size also extends to how far Republicans are willing to go to stop a woman’s right to access abortions. Earlier this month, Texas Republicans in the House and Senate passed a series of anti-abortion bills that are in the process of making their way to becoming law including a ban on insurance coverage for abortions. And now, since they simply refuse to untangle themselves from the inside of a woman’s uterus, they also want to make it legal to charge anyone involved with an unlawful abortion with a crime—including the receptionist in the clinic, the person who drove the woman to the clinic, the clerk she spoke to in the convenience store where she bought a bottle of water on the way to the clinic, nearly anyone who had contact with her while she was in the process of obtaining the abortion. Seriously.

The sweeping anti-abortion bill that passed the Texas House May 19 could allow nearly anyone involved in the process of an unlawful abortion to be charged with a state jail felony, [Rep. Joe Moody, a former prosecutor said]. That includes the doctor who performed the abortion, but also the person who drove the woman to the clinic, the receptionist who booked the appointment and even the bank teller who cashed the check that paid for the procedure.

How truly Neanderthal is this? Rep. Moody, a Democrat, thought this had to be a mistake. It sounded so punitive that he wanted to give his fellow lawmakers an opportunity to amend it so that random people would not be caught in the crosshairs. On Friday evening, he introduced an amendment to the bill (abortion bans that subject doctors who performs abortions to felony charges punishable with prison time) so that it would limit who could be prosecuted. It turns out, it was not an accident. Republicans were perfectly happy with the bill as is.