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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eliminating the wrongful birth cause of action. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 71A to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 71A. PROHIBITED CAUSES OF ACTION |
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Sec. 71A.001. WRONGFUL BIRTH. A cause of action may not |
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arise, and damages may not be awarded, on behalf of any person, |
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based on the claim that but for the act or omission of another, a |
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person would not have been permitted to have been born alive but |
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would have been aborted. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |