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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB1161Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant woman and information provided for an advance directive.
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Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Removes the provision that an advance directive has no effect if the person is pregnant, allowing pregnant persons to specify that pregnancy modifies (including potentially overriding) their directive for life-sustaining treatment, so less legal effect given to the unborn in end-of-life decisions.
[deleted: I understand that under Texas law this directive has no effect if I have been diagnosed as pregnant.]
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Texas Health and Safety Code provisions on advance directives and DNR orders to delete language that automatically nullified such directives during pregnancy and prohibited withholding life-sustaining treatment from pregnant patients. It replaces this with optional provisions allowing a person of child-bearing age to specify how pregnancy affects their directive or DNR order. This removes prior legal protections for the fetus that overrode the pregnant person's wishes, which constitutes a change on the fetal personhood axis even though the bill does not use the term 'personhood
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