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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting the performance of an abortion on a woman |
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who is not known to be pregnant; providing penalties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 170.002, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A physician commits an offense if the physician |
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intentionally uses an instrument, medicine, drug, or other |
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substance or device developed to terminate the pregnancy of a woman |
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on a woman who is not known to be pregnant, unless the physician is |
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using the instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device |
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for a legitimate medical purpose other than the termination of a |
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pregnancy. An offense under this subsection is a Class A |
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misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |