85S11050 AJZ-F
By: Fallon H.J.R. No. 49
A JOINT RESOLUTION
proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life
of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest extent
possible under law.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19. (a) No citizen of this State shall be deprived of
life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner
disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.
(b) With respect to the right to life described by
Subsection (a) of this section, the term "citizen" includes each
member of the species Homo sapiens at each stage of life, including
the moment of fertilization or other moment at which a member of the
human species begins to develop.
(c) The right to life guaranteed by this section is vested
in each member of the human species, born and unborn.
(d) This section may not be construed to:
(1) require the prosecution of a woman for the death of
her unborn child;
(2) prohibit in vitro fertilization; or
(3) prohibit the use of birth control or other means of
preventing fertilization.
(e) To the fullest extent possible under law, abortion is
prohibited in this state, except that an abortion may be performed
on a woman who:
(1) suffers from a life-threatening physical
condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy
that, as certified by a physician, places the woman in danger of
death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily
function unless an abortion is performed; or
(2) is pregnant as a result of an act of rape or
incest.
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017.
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
proposition: "The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right
to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest
extent possible under law."