Amend SB 415 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 171.102, Health and Safety Code, as follows:
(1) In the section heading (page 1, line 40), between "PROHIBITED" and the underlined period, insert "; EXCEPTION".
(2) In Subsection (a) (page 1, line 40), strike "A" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsection (c), a".
(3) Immediately following Subsection (b) (page 1, between lines 48 and 49), insert the following:
(c) A physician may perform a dismemberment abortion if the physician determines the dismemberment abortion is the safest abortion procedure available to the pregnant woman.