Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%
Defines 'individual' to include an unborn child from fertilization until birth and applies homicide and assault laws equally to unborn victims, establishing legal personhood from fertilization.
"Individual" means a human being who is alive, including an unborn child at every stage of development from fertilization until birth.
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Restricts abortion access model confidence 85%
Repeals laws that permit wilful prenatal homicide and assault, applying criminal homicide and assault provisions to unborn children from fertilization and thereby prohibiting abortion except in narrow exceptions.
repealing laws that permit wilful prenatal homicide and assault
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No change to abortion access model confidence 80%
Excludes from homicide and assault chapters the unintentional injury or death of an unborn child from lifesaving procedures for the mother (with steps to save the child) or spontaneous miscarriage.
The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the unintentional injury or death of an unborn child resulting from: (1) lifesaving procedures undertaken to save the life of a pregnant mother when accompanied by reasonable and available steps to save the life of the mother's unborn child; or (2) a spontaneous miscarriage.
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Stage: Filed · step 1 of 6
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands legal personhood to unborn children from fertilization by amending the definition of 'individual' in the Penal Code, repealing existing exceptions for abortion (Sections 19.06 and 22.12), and applying homicide and assault laws to prenatal victims, which restricts abortion access overall. It includes narrow exceptions for lifesaving maternal procedures and miscarriages, which are treated as neutral since they preserve limited allowances rather than expanding or restricting access beyond the personhood change. No provisions address transgender issues, firearms, or immigration.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | H | Filed |