81R5124 JSC-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 680
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an abortion for a victim of incest or sexual assault.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 171.011, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 171.011. INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED. (a) A person may
not perform an abortion without the voluntary and informed consent
of the woman on whom the abortion is to be performed.
(b) If a pregnancy is the result of conduct constituting a
felony, including incestuous sexual conduct prohibited by Section
25.02, Penal Code, or sexual assault prohibited by Section 22.011
or 22.021, Penal Code, a person may obtain the voluntary and
informed consent of the woman without complying with this
subchapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.