Bill Text: TX SB44 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to sexual assault and incest exceptions to the prohibition on abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-28 - Filed [SB44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB44-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez, et al. | S.B. No. 44 | |
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| relating to sexual assault and incest exceptions to the prohibition | ||
| on abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 171.205, Health and | ||
| Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 171.205. EXCEPTIONS [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 171.205, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (b-1) and amending | ||
| Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Sections 171.203 and 171.204 do not apply to an | ||
| abortion of a pregnancy that is a result of a sexual assault in | ||
| violation of Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, or of conduct | ||
| constituting an offense under Section 25.02, Penal Code. | ||
| (b-1) A physician who performs or induces an abortion | ||
| described by Subsection (a-1) shall make a written notation of the | ||
| exception in the pregnant woman's medical file. | ||
| (c) A physician performing or inducing an abortion under | ||
| this section shall maintain in the physician's practice records a | ||
| copy of the notations made under Subsection (b) or (b-1), as | ||
| applicable. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 171.205, Health and Safety Code, as | ||
| amended by this Act, applies only to an abortion performed or | ||
| induced on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
