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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB1204Relating to an unborn child's rights and the civil and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct regarding an unborn child.
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Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands the definition of 'individual' to include an unborn child at every stage from fertilization, and applies Penal Code provisions equally to unborn victims, which restricts legal access to abortion by treating the unborn as persons with rights.
"Individual" means a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of development from fertilization until birth.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
AbortionexceptionsAI label
↓Restricts abortion accessmodel confidence 75%
Adds a narrow justification defense only for medical procedures performed to avert the pregnant female's death when no reasonable alternatives exist to save the unborn child, which restricts broader exceptions for abortion.
Conduct is justified if the conduct charged is a lawful medical procedure that: (1) was performed by a licensed physician; (2) was performed on a pregnant female to avert the death of the pregnant female; (3) resulted in the accidental or unintentional death of the unborn child the pregnant female is carrying; and (4) was performed when reasonable alternatives to save the life of the unborn child were: (A) unavailable; or (B) attempted unsuccessfully before the performance of the medical procedure.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands fetal personhood by defining an unborn child as an 'individual' from fertilization in the Penal Code, applying all code provisions to unborn victims, and removing most prior exemptions for medical procedures, assisted reproduction, and providers from civil and criminal liability for harm to an unborn child. It narrows exceptions to only specific life-saving procedures under strict conditions that prioritize alternatives to save the unborn child. These changes substantively address abortion via personhood and exceptions; no other listed topics are substantively addressed.
Related bills
HB232Relating to conditions applicable to health benefit plan coverage of in vitro fertilization procedures.↑Expands abortion access Filed
HB348Relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the required health curriculum for public school students in certain grade le↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HB438Relating to wrongful death actions arising from the death of an unborn child resulting from an abortion.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HB511Relating to restricting who may be a party to a gestational agreement based on citizenship status or relation to a foreign terrorist organiz↓Restricts abortion access Filed