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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB1578Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
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AbortionexceptionsAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds exceptions to the general abortion prohibition for abortions needed to prevent serious harm to the patient's health or well-being (as defined by the Medical Board) and for pregnancies resulting from sexual assault or related offenses, so more legal access to abortion in those circumstances.
It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that: (1) the person performing, inducing, or attempting the abortion is a licensed physician and, in the physician's exercise of reasonable medical judgment, the physician determines the abortion is necessary to prevent a risk of serious harm to the pregnant patient's health or well-being; or (2) the pregnancy resulted from sexual assault in violation of Section 22.011, Penal Code, aggravated sexual assault in violation of Section 22.021, Penal Code, or conduct constituting an offense under Section 25.02, Penal Code.
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Abortionbans gestational limitsAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Repeals Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes (the pre-Roe Texas abortion ban) and removes references to it while leaving in place the post-Dobbs heartbeat and other prohibitions in Chapter 171, so no change to current gestational limits or bans.
The following provisions are repealed: (1) Section 170A.002(b), Health and Safety Code; and (2) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes.
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AbortionotherAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Requires the Texas Medical Board to publish and annually update a list of medical conditions posing a risk of serious harm to a pregnant patient's health or well-being to guide the new health exception, with no direct change to abortion access.
The Texas Medical Board shall publish on the board's Internet website and annually update a list of medical conditions the board identifies as posing a risk of serious harm to a pregnant patient's health or well-being under Subsection (b-1)(1).
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands abortion exceptions by adding health-risk and sexual-assault provisions to the criminal prohibition in Section 170A.002 and cross-referencing them to Chapter 171, while repealing an obsolete pre-Roe total ban and requiring a medical-conditions list; these changes do not alter current post-Dobbs gestational limits or add new bans.
Related bills
HB438Relating to wrongful death actions arising from the death of an unborn child resulting from an abortion.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HB575Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HJR24Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed
SB231Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed