TITLE: Relating to the repeal of laws prohibiting abortion.

SUMMARY: Relating to the repeal of laws prohibiting abortion.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the repeal of laws prohibiting abortion. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 171.206(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) This subchapter may not be construed to: (1) authorize the initiation of a cause of action against or the prosecution of a pregnant individual [woman] on whom an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of this subchapter; (2) wholly or partly repeal, either expressly or by implication, any other statute that regulates or prohibits abortion [ including Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes];or (3) restrict a political subdivision from regulating or prohibiting abortion in a manner that is at least as stringent as the laws of this state. SECTION 2. Section 171.207(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to: (1) legalize the conduct prohibited by this subchapter [or by Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes];(2) limit in any way or affect the availability of a remedy established by Section 171.208; or (3) limit the enforceability of any other laws that regulate or prohibit abortion. SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed: (1) Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code; and (2) Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.