82R3430 YDB-D
By: Christian H.B. No. 1109
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the time at which life begins.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Bill Burch Act.
SECTION 2. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 172 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 172. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS
Sec. 172.001. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS. The life of an
individual human organism begins at the moment that the initial
splitting of a human cell occurs during fertilization.
Sec. 172.002. RIGHTS OF UNBORN. An unborn human organism is
alive and is entitled to the rights, protections, and privileges
accorded to any other person in this state.
Sec. 172.003. POWER TO ENACT. This chapter is enacted
pursuant to the power reserved to this state under the Tenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.