Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%
Defines 'individual' to include an unborn child from fertilization, applies homicide and assault laws equally to unborn victims, and repeals exceptions for abortion, so less legal access to abortion.
"Individual" means a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of development from fertilization until birth.
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Restricts abortion access model confidence 80%
Limits applicability of homicide and assault chapters to unborn victims by excluding only lifesaving procedures with steps to save the unborn child or spontaneous miscarriage, narrowing prior broader exceptions for abortion, so less legal access to abortion.
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the unintentional injury or death of an unborn child resulting from: (1) lifesaving procedures undertaken to save the life of a pregnant mother when accompanied by reasonable and available steps to save the life of the mother’s unborn child; or (2) a spontaneous miscarriage.
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands the definition of 'individual' and 'person' to include unborn children from fertilization, applies criminal homicide and assault laws to them, repeals the specific statutory exceptions that had excluded elective abortion from those crimes, and narrows the remaining exceptions to only certain lifesaving procedures or miscarriage; these changes substantively restrict abortion by establishing fetal personhood and removing legal justification for abortion.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | H | Referred to State Affairs |
| 2025-08-20 | H | Read first time |
| 2025-08-15 | H | Filed |