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