TITLE: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the extent authorized under federal constitutional law.

SUMMARY: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the extent authorized under federal constitutional law.

FULL TEXT:
84(R) HJR 126-Introduced version-Bill Text 84R10631 LED-D By: Simpson H.J.R. No. 126 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the extent authorized under federal constitutional law. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 19, Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 19. (a) No citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land. (b) The protections of this section with regard to the right to life apply to an unborn child. To the fullest extent authorized under federal constitutional law as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court, abortion is prohibited in this state. SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition: "The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and, to the fullest extent authorized under federal constitutional law as interpreted by the United States Supreme Court, prohibiting abortion."