July 08, 2026 12:13 PM ET Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered an investigation into a South Texas hospital over billboards in Mexico advertising birth tourism packages. Abbott directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on Wednesday to investigate allegations that a Rio Grande Valley hospital promoted birth tourism packages to foreign nationals, according to a press release from Abbott’s Office. (RELATED: Supreme Court Shoots Down Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order)Abbott called birth tourism an illegal practice that “exploits the extraordinary hospitality” of Texas and the United States in a letter to state health officials. Texas will not permit the exploitation of its healthcare system or its citizenship laws. Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas