| 1 | 1 | | 88R1388 DIO-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 227 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the repeal of laws prohibiting abortion. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 171.206(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) This subchapter may not be construed to: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (1) authorize the initiation of a cause of action |
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| 13 | 13 | | against or the prosecution of a pregnant individual [woman] on whom |
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| 14 | 14 | | an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or |
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| 15 | 15 | | induced in violation of this subchapter; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) wholly or partly repeal, either expressly or by |
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| 17 | 17 | | implication, any other statute that regulates or prohibits |
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| 18 | 18 | | abortion[, including Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes]; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) restrict a political subdivision from regulating |
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| 20 | 20 | | or prohibiting abortion in a manner that is at least as stringent as |
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| 21 | 21 | | the laws of this state. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 171.207(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) legalize the conduct prohibited by this subchapter |
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| 26 | 26 | | [or by Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes]; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) limit in any way or affect the availability of a |
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| 28 | 28 | | remedy established by Section 171.208; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) limit the enforceability of any other laws that |
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| 30 | 30 | | regulate or prohibit abortion. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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