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1 | 1 | 81R5124 JSC-D | |
2 | 2 | By: Farrar H.B. No. 680 | |
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5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
7 | 7 | relating to an abortion for a victim of incest or sexual assault. | |
8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 171.011, Health and Safety Code, is | |
10 | 10 | amended to read as follows: | |
11 | 11 | Sec. 171.011. INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED. (a) A person may | |
12 | 12 | not perform an abortion without the voluntary and informed consent | |
13 | 13 | of the woman on whom the abortion is to be performed. | |
14 | 14 | (b) If a pregnancy is the result of conduct constituting a | |
15 | 15 | felony, including incestuous sexual conduct prohibited by Section | |
16 | 16 | 25.02, Penal Code, or sexual assault prohibited by Section 22.011 | |
17 | 17 | or 22.021, Penal Code, a person may obtain the voluntary and | |
18 | 18 | informed consent of the woman without complying with this | |
19 | 19 | subchapter. | |
20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |