HB65 Relating to abortion, including civil liability for distribution of abortion-inducing drugs; making conforming changes and harmonizing conforming provisions; authorizing a private civil right of action.

↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 95%

Prohibits manufacture, distribution, mailing, transport, delivery, prescription or provision of abortion-inducing drugs in or to the state, with limited exceptions, so less access to medication abortion.

a person may not: (1) manufacture or distribute an abortion-inducing drug in this state; or (2) mail, transport, deliver, prescribe, or provide an abortion-inducing drug in any manner to any person or location in this state.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 95%

Prohibits manufacture, distribution, mailing, transport, delivery, prescription or provision of abortion-inducing drugs in or to the state, with limited exceptions, so less access to medication abortion.

a person may not: (1) manufacture or distribute an abortion-inducing drug in this state; or (2) mail, transport, deliver, prescribe, or provide an abortion-inducing drug in any manner to any person or location in this state.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%

Imposes civil liability for wrongful death or personal injury of an 'unborn child' from use of an abortion-inducing drug and allows the mother or father to sue for the wrongful death of the unborn child, so expands legal recognition of the unborn as a rights-bearing person.

a person who manufactures, distributes, mails, prescribes, or provides an abortion-inducing drug, or who engages in any conduct prohibited by Section 171A.051 is strictly, absolutely, and jointly and severally liable for: (1) the wrongful death of an unborn child or pregnant woman from the use of the abortion-inducing drug; and (2) personal injury of an unborn child or pregnant woman from the use of the abortion-inducing drug.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 85%

Authorizes private civil actions and qui tam suits imposing strict liability, statutory damages, injunctive relief, and other penalties on those who distribute abortion-inducing drugs or facilitate abortion, creating new civil enforcement mechanisms that deter providers.

a person who manufactures, distributes, mails, prescribes, or provides an abortion-inducing drug, or who engages in any conduct prohibited by Section 171A.051 is strictly, absolutely, and jointly and severally liable for: (1) the wrongful death of an unborn child or pregnant woman from the use of the abortion-inducing drug; and (2) personal injury of an unborn child or pregnant woman from the use of the abortion-inducing drug.

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↓Restricts abortion access model confidence 80%

Applies Texas law to the use of an abortion-inducing drug by a Texas resident regardless of where the use occurs, voids choice-of-law provisions favoring other jurisdictions including interstate abortion shield laws, and bars reliance on out-of-state laws as a defense, so limits the effect of shield

the laws of another state or jurisdiction, including an interstate abortion shield law, unless the Texas Constitution or federal law, including the United States Constitution, compels the court to enforce that law;

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