Restricts abortion access model confidence 70%
Broadly defines 'pregnancy loss' to include termination at any stage and uses that definition to create new privacy, non-disclosure, and non-enforcement protections around pregnancy loss, which includes abortion.
"Pregnancy loss" means an intentional or unintentional termination of a pregnancy at any stage. The term includes a miscarriage, stillbirth, and abortion.
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model confidence 80%
Creates evidentiary and disclosure barriers (medical records, communications, compelled testimony) in proceedings related to pregnancy loss including abortion, and bars law-enforcement questioning or reporting of pregnancy loss except in narrow cases, shielding individuals from state enforcement.
in a civil action or criminal proceeding related to an individual's pregnancy loss, the individual's medical records or electronic communications are not: (1) admissible as evidence; (2) subject to disclosure, inspection, or copying under Chapter 552, Government Code; and (3) subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for the release of the records or communications.
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model confidence 80%
Prohibits health-care professionals from reporting or disclosing pregnancy loss (including abortion) to law enforcement, bars use of pregnancy loss as basis for reports, prohibits enforcement based solely on treatment of complications, and requires consent for police questioning, limiting abortion/m
a health care professional providing health care services to a patient who experiences a pregnancy loss, or who the health care professional reasonably suspects has experienced a pregnancy loss, may not report or disclose that information to a peace officer or law enforcement agency.
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No change to abortion access model confidence 60%
Requires health-care professionals to provide specific informational materials on privacy rights and support services to patients who experience pregnancy loss, and mandates the commission to develop and publish educational materials on the chapter's requirements.
A health care professional who provides health care services to a patient who experiences pregnancy loss shall provide to the patient a written copy of the informational materials described by Subsection (b).
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Status: Died (session ended)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new chapter that broadly defines pregnancy loss to include abortion at any stage and then imposes multiple limits on law-enforcement reporting, disclosure, questioning, use of medical records, and compelled testimony in any proceeding related to pregnancy loss. These provisions expand practical access to and shield from enforcement for abortion while also imposing new informational duties on providers; the broad definition of pregnancy loss at any stage triggers the personhood-ivf tag with a restricts direction per the topic rules.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-07 | H | Referred to Public Health |
| 2025-04-07 | H | Read first time |
| 2025-03-14 | H | Filed |