Bill Text: TX HJR49 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest extent possible under law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-31 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR49 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HJR49-Introduced.html
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| By: Fallon | H.J.R. No. 49 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life | ||
| of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest extent | ||
| possible under law. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 19, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 19. (a) No citizen of this State shall be deprived of | ||
| life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner | ||
| disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land. | ||
| (b) With respect to the right to life described by | ||
| Subsection (a) of this section, the term "citizen" includes each | ||
| member of the species Homo sapiens at each stage of life, including | ||
| the moment of fertilization or other moment at which a member of the | ||
| human species begins to develop. | ||
| (c) The right to life guaranteed by this section is vested | ||
| in each member of the human species, born and unborn. | ||
| (d) This section may not be construed to: | ||
| (1) require the prosecution of a woman for the death of | ||
| her unborn child; | ||
| (2) prohibit in vitro fertilization; or | ||
| (3) prohibit the use of birth control or other means of | ||
| preventing fertilization. | ||
| (e) To the fullest extent possible under law, abortion is | ||
| prohibited in this state, except that an abortion may be performed | ||
| on a woman who: | ||
| (1) suffers from a life-threatening physical | ||
| condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy | ||
| that, as certified by a physician, places the woman in danger of | ||
| death or a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily | ||
| function unless an abortion is performed; or | ||
| (2) is pregnant as a result of an act of rape or | ||
| incest. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 7, 2017. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right | ||
| to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest | ||
| extent possible under law." | ||
