<Li> A Texas - based company in Alabama used the slogan for a billboard campaign in February 2010 </Li> <Li> The University of Texas at Austin agreed to stop selling T - shirts with the slogan after being contacted by the Texas Department of Transportation . </Li> <Li> The department attempted to block the Texas Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League from the sale of "Don't Mess With Texas Women" T - shirts, but was unsuccessful . </Li> <Li> The author Christie Craig published a romance novel originally titled Don't Mess with Texas . After legal actions, the title was changed to Only in Texas . </Li>

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