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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB2727Relating to the regulation of abortion and related matters, including infant supportive palliative care and exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.
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AbortionexceptionsAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds an exception to the abortion ban for lethal fetal anomalies diagnosed by two physicians, and exempts such abortions from heartbeat-act procedures, so more legal access to abortion in those cases.
It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the pregnant female's treating physician and one other physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology determine the abortion is necessary due to a lethal fetal anomaly or diagnosis.
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Abortionbans gestational limitsAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 85%
Repeals the pre-Roe near-total abortion ban (Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes) while leaving the post-Dobbs heartbeat and 6-week bans in place, so greater legal access to abortion before 6 weeks and in additional circumstances.
Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes, is repealed.
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Abortionprovider clinic regulationAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 70%
Mandates rules for minimum standards of supportive palliative care for infants born with lethal fetal anomalies, regulating post-birth care in such cases.
The executive commissioner by rule shall prescribe minimum standards for the scope and delivery of supportive palliative care to an infant born with a lethal fetal anomaly or diagnosis.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands abortion access by creating a new lethal-fetal-anomaly exception to the criminal prohibition, exempting qualifying abortions from heartbeat-act rules, and repealing the pre-Roe total ban; it simultaneously imposes a committee-review requirement after 24 weeks (a new restriction) and adds palliative-care standards (neutral regulation). All changes are to abortion-related provisions only.
Related bills
HB438Relating to wrongful death actions arising from the death of an unborn child resulting from an abortion.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HB575Relating to the protection of an unborn child's rights and criminal liability and justification for prohibited conduct.↓Restricts abortion access↓Restricts abortion access Filed
HJR24Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed
SB231Relating to exceptions to and the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.↑Expands abortion access↑Expands abortion access Filed