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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time at which life begins. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Bill Burch Act. |
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SECTION 2. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 172 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 172. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS |
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Sec. 172.001. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS. The life of an |
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individual human organism begins at the moment that the initial |
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splitting of a human cell occurs during fertilization. |
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Sec. 172.002. RIGHTS OF UNBORN. An unborn human organism is |
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alive and is entitled to the rights, protections, and privileges |
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accorded to any other person in this state. |
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Sec. 172.003. POWER TO ENACT. This chapter is enacted |
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pursuant to the power reserved to this state under the Tenth |
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Amendment to the United States Constitution. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |