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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the definition of abortion for |
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treatment provided for a miscarriage. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 245.002(1), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(1) "Abortion" means the act of using or prescribing |
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an instrument, a drug, a medicine, or any other substance, device, |
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or means with the intent to cause the death of an unborn child of a |
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woman known to be pregnant. The term does not include birth control |
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devices or oral contraceptives. An act is not an abortion if the |
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act is done with the intent to: |
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(A) save the life or preserve the health of an |
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unborn child; |
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(B) provide treatment for a miscarriage or |
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suspected miscarriage, in accordance with the applicable standard |
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of medical care and by any means a physician determines medically |
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appropriate [remove a dead, unborn child whose death was caused by |
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spontaneous abortion]; or |
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(C) remove an ectopic pregnancy. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |