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A JOINT RESOLUTION
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proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life |
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of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the extent |
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authorized under federal constitutional law. |
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 19, Article I, Texas Constitution, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 19. (a) No citizen of this State shall be deprived of |
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life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner |
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disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land. |
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(b) The protections of this section with regard to the right |
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to life apply to an unborn child. To the fullest extent authorized |
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under federal constitutional law as interpreted by the United |
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States Supreme Court, abortion is prohibited in this state. |
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SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be |
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submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. |
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The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the |
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proposition: "The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right |
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to life of unborn children and, to the fullest extent authorized |
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under federal constitutional law as interpreted by the United |
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States Supreme Court, prohibiting abortion." |