Texas 2021 - 87th 3rd C.S.

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1	1	87S30104 SCL-F
2	2	By: Vasut H.J.R. No. 5
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5	5	A JOINT RESOLUTION
6	6	applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention
7	7	under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited
8	8	purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to prohibit
9	9	abortion, euthanasia, and certain other acts.
10	10	WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides
11	11	that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the
12	12	several states the Congress of the United States shall call a
13	13	convention for the purpose of proposing for ratification an
14	14	amendment to the United States Constitution; now, therefore, be it
15	15	RESOLVED, That the 87th Texas Legislature hereby
16	16	respectfully applies to the Congress of the United States to call a
17	17	convention pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution
18	18	for the limited purpose of proposing, and submitting for
19	19	ratification, an amendment to the United States Constitution
20	20	abrogating Roe v. Wade and clearly prohibiting abortion,
21	21	euthanasia, and all other acts that deprive any person of life, from
22	22	the moment of conception to natural death, without due process of
23	23	law; and, be it further
24	24	RESOLVED, That the 87th Texas Legislature encourages the
25	25	delegates to the convention to consider the following recommended
26	26	text for the proposed constitutional amendment:
27	27	Section 1. Given that all human life begins at the moment of
28	28	conception and has inherent dignity and immeasurable worth, a human
29	29	being, from the moment of conception until death, irrespective of
30	30	biological development, age, health, function, or condition of
31	31	dependency, is a person as that term is used in this Article and in
32	32	the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to this Constitution;
33	33	Section 2. Euthanasia and abortion are unlawful under the
34	34	laws of the United States and any territory subject to their
35	35	jurisdiction;
36	36	Section 3. Euthanasia includes the intentional, knowing, or
37	37	reckless rendering of material assistance to aid another person in
38	38	committing, or attempting to commit, suicide;
39	39	Section 4. Abortion includes the intentional, knowing, or
40	40	reckless killing of any person before birth;
41	41	Section 5. If, in the reasonable opinion of a medical
42	42	professional or other state or federal official, the mother is in
43	43	danger of suffering imminent death or serious bodily injury, a
44	44	person may be removed from the mother's body at the mother's
45	45	election by natural or artificial methods even if the person cannot
46	46	survive outside the mother's body;
47	47	Section 6. The Congress, and the several states, have power
48	48	to enforce this Article by appropriate legislation; and, be it
49	49	further
50	50	RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuous and
51	51	ongoing application, in accordance with Article V of the United
52	52	States Constitution, until: (1) the Texas Legislature considers it
53	53	fitting to rescind the application; or (2) at least two-thirds of
54	54	the legislatures of the several states have similarly applied for a
55	55	convention to propose a constitutional amendment and Congress has
56	56	performed its constitutionally obligated duty to call that
57	57	convention; and, be it further
58	58	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
59	59	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
60	60	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
61	61	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
62	62	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
63	63	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as an
64	64	application to Congress for a convention under Article V of the
65	65	United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an
66	66	amendment to the constitution to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and
67	67	all other acts that deprive any person of life, from the moment of
68	68	conception to natural death, without due process of law; and, be it
69	69	further
70	70	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
71	71	copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the
72	72	presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with
73	73	the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a
74	74	convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for
75	75	the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution
76	76	to prohibit abortion, euthanasia, and all other acts that deprive
77	77	any person of life, from the moment of conception to natural death,
78	78	without due process of law.