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| 1 | 1 | 89R9014 JG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Goodwin H.B. No. 2423 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to an exemption from the definition of abortion for | |
| 10 | 10 | treatment provided for a miscarriage. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 245.002(1), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) "Abortion" means the act of using or prescribing | |
| 15 | 15 | an instrument, a drug, a medicine, or any other substance, device, | |
| 16 | 16 | or means with the intent to cause the death of an unborn child of a | |
| 17 | 17 | woman known to be pregnant. The term does not include birth control | |
| 18 | 18 | devices or oral contraceptives. An act is not an abortion if the | |
| 19 | 19 | act is done with the intent to: | |
| 20 | 20 | (A) save the life or preserve the health of an | |
| 21 | 21 | unborn child; | |
| 22 | 22 | (B) provide treatment for a miscarriage or | |
| 23 | 23 | suspected miscarriage, in accordance with the applicable standard | |
| 24 | 24 | of medical care and by any means a physician determines medically | |
| 25 | 25 | appropriate [remove a dead, unborn child whose death was caused by | |
| 26 | 26 | spontaneous abortion]; or | |
| 27 | 27 | (C) remove an ectopic pregnancy. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |