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Texas · 89th Legislature 1st Special Session
HB6Relating to the provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the enforcement of and exceptions to laws regulating the provision of abortion-inducing drugs; providing a civil penalty.
Direction
Abortionmedication abortionAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 95%
Prohibits providing abortion-inducing drugs by mail, courier or common carrier except in limited cases, and imposes new requirements like in-person exams and gestational verification before provision, so less access to medication abortion.
A manufacturer, supplier of an abortion-inducing drug, physician, or any other person may not provide to a patient any abortion-inducing drug by courier, delivery by a common or contract carrier, or mail service.
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Abortionprovider clinic regulationAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Requires physicians to examine the pregnant woman in person and independently verify pregnancy (including ectopic) before providing abortion-inducing drugs, and removes prior protocol details while adding supplier definitions and exceptions, so more regulation of medication-abortion providers.
Before the physician provides an abortion-inducing drug, the physician must: (1) examine the pregnant woman in person; and (2) independently verify that a pregnancy exists, including a pregnancy located outside the uterus
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AbortionexceptionsAI label
↔Mixed abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Adds explicit exceptions to the mail/courier ban and prosecution for certain medical emergencies, non-abortion uses, and activities under Section 171.2011(b), while exempting the woman herself from civil actions, so narrows but clarifies allowable cases.
It is an exception to the application of Subsection (b-1) that: (1) the person providing the abortion-inducing drug is: (A) a physician; (B) a health facility licensed under Subtitle B, Title 4; or (C) a pharmacy or pharmacist licensed under Subtitle J, Title 3, Occupations Code; and (2) the provision of the abortion-inducing drug: (A) constitutes an activity described by Section 171.2011(b); (B) is in response to a medical emergency; or (C) is for a medical reason other than to attempt, induce, or perform an abortion.
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Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Refers to 'unborn child' in civil-action limits and retains existing fetal-personhood framing in the amended abortion-drug chapter without new definitions, so continues to treat the embryo/fetus as a rights-bearing entity in enforcement contexts.
A person may not bring a civil action under this subchapter against a woman who: (1) aborts or attempts to abort her unborn child; or (2) uses, obtains, or seeks to obtain an abortion-inducing drug to abort or attempt to abort her unborn child.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses abortion via multiple provisions that tighten rules on medication abortion (mail/courier ban, in-person exam and verification mandates, civil penalties and qui tam actions, AG prosecution authority, and cumulative remedies), while carving out narrow exceptions and shielding the pregnant woman from suit; it also uses 'unborn child' language that aligns with personhood concepts. No provisions address firearms, transgender issues, immigration enforcement, or custody/support.
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HB438Relating to wrongful death actions arising from the death of an unborn child resulting from an abortion.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed