HB2251 Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

↑Expands abortion access model confidence 90%

Expands the list of circumstances in which abortions are allowed under the state's prohibition, including health risks, severe fetal anomalies, multiple fetuses with risk, miscarriage risks, and rape or sexual assault.

(b) The prohibition under Subsection (a) does not apply if: (1) the person performing, inducing, or attempting the abortion is a licensed physician; and (2) in the exercise of reasonable medical judgment, the pregnant female on whom the abortion is performed, induced, or attempted: (A) has a medical condition that places the female's current or future health at risk unless the pregnancy is terminated; (B) is pregnant with a fetus that has a severe or usually lethal congenital anomaly; (C) is pregnant with two or more fetuses and at least one fetus poses a risk to the health of another fetus; (

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↑Expands abortion access model confidence 80%

Repeals Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes (the pre-Roe Texas abortion ban) and Section 170A.002(c), removing some absolute prohibitions on abortion.

The following provisions are repealed: (1) Section 170A.002(c), Health and Safety Code; and (2) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes.

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↑Expands abortion access model confidence 70%

Limits disciplinary actions against physicians for abortion violations to referral to the Texas Medical Board rather than automatic license revocation, while shielding physicians from certain criminal, civil, and administrative penalties.

Sections 170A.004, 170A.005, and 170A.007 do not apply to a physician licensed in this state.

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