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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the repeal of laws prohibiting abortion. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.206(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This subchapter may not be construed to: |
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(1) authorize the initiation of a cause of action |
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against or the prosecution of a pregnant individual [woman] on whom |
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an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or |
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induced in violation of this subchapter; |
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(2) wholly or partly repeal, either expressly or by |
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implication, any other statute that regulates or prohibits abortion |
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[, including Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes]; or |
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(3) restrict a political subdivision from regulating |
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or prohibiting abortion in a manner that is at least as stringent as |
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the laws of this state. |
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SECTION 2. Section 171.207(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to: |
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(1) legalize the conduct prohibited by this subchapter |
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[or by Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes]; |
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(2) limit in any way or affect the availability of a |
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remedy established by Section 171.208; or |
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(3) limit the enforceability of any other laws that |
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regulate or prohibit abortion. |
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SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed: |
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(1) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code; |
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(2) Subchapter H, Health and Safety Code; |
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(3) Sec.30.022, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; |
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(4) Section 311.036, Government Code; and |
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(5) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024, but only |
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if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 88th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2023, limiting the legislature's ability to |
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prohibit abortion is approved by the voters. If that amendment is |
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not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |