81R5111 ALB-D
By: Farrar H.B. No. 684
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an abortion when a fetal abnormality is detected.
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 severe and irreversible abnormality in the fetus is
detected, 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.