| 1 | 1 | | By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 1254 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | related to expanding the exemptions of abortions and Texas women's |
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| 9 | 9 | | access to reproductive healthcare including in vitro |
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| 10 | 10 | | fertilization. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. 170A.001 of the Health and Safety code is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | by adding Subsection (4)(5)(6) to section (b) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (4) applied to instances where in vitro fertilization |
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| 15 | 15 | | or fertility treatments of any type are used; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (5) The use, prescription, administration, procuring, |
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| 17 | 17 | | or selling of Plan B, morning-after pills, intrauterine devices, or |
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| 18 | 18 | | any other type of contraception or emergency contraception; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (6) An act performed with the purpose to: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) Save the life or preserve the health of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | unborn child; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) Remove a dead unborn child caused by |
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| 23 | 23 | | spontaneous abortion; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (C) Remove or treat an ectopic pregnancy, the |
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| 25 | 25 | | implantation of a fertilized egg or embryo outside of the uterus. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 170.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b-1) Subsection (a) does not prohibit a physician from |
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| 29 | 29 | | performing an abortion if: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) the pregnant woman is 35 years of age or older or |
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| 31 | 31 | | has a high-risk condition, as determined by the physician; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) the pregnancy resulted from in vitro |
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| 33 | 33 | | fertilization. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3: This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a |
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| 35 | 35 | | 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, 2025. |
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