Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now ordering a crackdown on birth tourism schemes in Texas. Abbott issued an executive order last week directing Texas agencies to investigate birth tourism schemes and punish providers who help mothers have their child in Texas to seek U.S. citizenship for the child. Abbott's Executive Order DoesThe order requires Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Department of State Health Services, the HHSC Office of Inspector General, the Texas Medical Board, the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to investigate claims of birth tourism. Get our free mobile appWhat Is Birth Tourism? Birth tourism is when a pregnant woman travels to another country so the child can get citizenship at birth.