Amend CSSB 8 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 33.001(1), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code [means the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of a female known by the attending physician to be pregnant, with the intention that the termination of the pregnancy by those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the fetus]. This definition, as applied in this chapter, [applies only to an unemancipated minor known by the attending physician to be pregnant and] may not be construed to limit a minor's access to contraceptives.
SECTION ____. Section 161.006(b), Family Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) In this code, "abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code [means an intentional expulsion of a human fetus from the body of a woman induced by any means for the purpose of causing the death of the fetus].
SECTION ____. Section 170.001(1), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002 [means an act involving the use of an instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device developed to terminate the pregnancy of a woman if the act is done with an intention other than to:
[(A)
increase the probability of a live birth of the unborn child of the woman;
[(B)
preserve the life or health of the child; or
[(C)
remove a dead fetus].
SECTION ____. Section 171.002(1), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002 [means the use of any means to terminate the pregnancy of a female known by the attending physician to be pregnant with the intention that the termination of the pregnancy by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the fetus].
SECTION ____. Section 171.061(1), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002. This definition, as applied in this subchapter, may not be construed to apply to an act done with the intent to [means the act of using, administering, prescribing, or otherwise providing an instrument, a drug, a medicine, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate a clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman and with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the woman's unborn child.
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)
remove a dead, unborn child whose death was caused by spontaneous abortion;
[(C)
remove an ectopic pregnancy; or
[(D)] treat a maternal disease or illness for which a prescribed drug, medicine, or other substance is indicated.
SECTION ____. Section 245.002, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subdivisions (1) and (4-a) and adding Subdivision (4-b) 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 [an act or procedure performed after pregnancy has been medically verified and with the intent to cause the termination of a pregnancy other than for the purpose of either the birth of a live fetus or removing a dead fetus]. 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) remove a dead, unborn child whose death was caused by spontaneous abortion; or
(C) remove an ectopic pregnancy.
(4-a) "Ectopic pregnancy" means the implantation of a fertilized egg or embryo outside of the uterus.
(4-b) "Executive commissioner" means the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission.