79R800 MSE-D

By:  Farrar                                                       H.B. No. 146



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an abortion for a victim of incest or sexual assault.             
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 171.011, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 171.011.  INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED.  (a)  A person may 
not perform an abortion without the voluntary and informed consent 
of the woman on whom the abortion is to be performed.
	(b)  If a pregnancy is the result of conduct constituting a 
felony, including incestuous sexual conduct prohibited by Section 
25.02, Penal Code, or sexual assault prohibited by Section 22.011 
or 22.021, Penal Code, a person may obtain the voluntary and 
informed consent of the woman without complying with this 
subchapter.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.