Bill Text: TX HB2158 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an exception to certain laws prohibiting abortion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Filed [HB2158 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2158-Introduced.html

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By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 2158

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exception to certain laws prohibiting abortion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 170A.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The prohibition under Subsection (a) does not apply
if, based on the physician's reasonable medical judgment, the
abortion is necessary because of a lethal fetal anomaly or
diagnosis.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.