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TX Health & Safety Code § 171.081 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter E. Education and Training Programs on Trafficking of Persons for Certain Facility Personnel|Section 171.081. Applicability

Sec. 171.081.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies to each person who:(1)  is employed by, volunteers at, or performs services under contract with:(A)  an abortion facility licensed under Chapter 245; or(B)  an ambulatory surgical center licensed under Chapter 243 that performs more than 50 abortions in any 12-month period; and(2)  has direct contact with patients of the facility.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 999 (H.B. 416), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.082 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter E. Education and Training Programs on Trafficking of Persons for Certain Facility Personnel|Section 171.082. Education and Training Programs on Trafficking of Persons

Sec. 171.082.  EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ON TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.  (a)  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall require a person described by Section 171.081 to complete within a reasonable time after beginning work at the facility a training program to identify and assist victims of human trafficking.(b)  A training program under this section must use the standardized curriculum created by the human trafficking prevention task force under Section 402.035(d)(6), Government Code.(c)  The department shall make available to each facility described by Sections 171.081(1)(A) and (B) the training program required under this section.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 999 (H.B. 416), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter F. Partial-Birth Abortions|Section 171.101. Definitions

Sec. 171.101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Partial-birth abortion" means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion:(A)  for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus, deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until:(i)  for a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother; or(ii)  for a breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother; and(B)  performs the overt act described in Paragraph (A), other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus.(2)  "Physician" means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine in this state, including a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathic medicine.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter F. Partial-Birth Abortions|Section 171.102. Partial-Birth Abortions Prohibited

Sec. 171.102.  PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS PROHIBITED.  (a)  A physician or other person may not knowingly perform a partial-birth abortion.(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a physician who performs a partial-birth abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter F. Partial-Birth Abortions|Section 171.103. Criminal Penalty

Sec. 171.103.  CRIMINAL PENALTY.  A person who violates Section 171.102 commits an offense.  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter F. Partial-Birth Abortions|Section 171.104. Civil Liability

Sec. 171.104.  CIVIL LIABILITY.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the father of the fetus or a parent of the mother of the fetus, if the mother is younger than 18 years of age at the time of the partial-birth abortion, may bring a civil action to obtain appropriate relief, including:(1)  money damages for physical injury, mental anguish, and emotional distress; and(2)  exemplary damages equal to three times the cost of the partial-birth abortion.(b)  A person may not bring or maintain an action under this section if:(1)  the person consented to the partial-birth abortion; or(2)  the person's criminally injurious conduct resulted in the pregnancy.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter F. Partial-Birth Abortions|Section 171.105. Hearing

Sec. 171.105.  HEARING.  (a)  A physician who is the subject of a criminal or civil action for a violation of Section 171.102 may request a hearing before the Texas Medical Board on whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of a mother whose life was endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy.(b)  The board's findings under Subsection (a) are admissible in any court proceeding against the physician arising from that conduct.  On the physician's motion, the court shall delay the beginning of a criminal or civil trial for not more than 60 days for the hearing to be held under Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter F. Partial-Birth Abortions|Section 171.106. Applicability

Sec. 171.106.  APPLICABILITY.  A woman on whom a partial-birth abortion is performed or attempted in violation of this subchapter may not be prosecuted under this subchapter or for conspiracy to commit a violation of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter G. Dismemberment Abortions|Section 171.151. Definition

Sec. 171.151.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "dismemberment abortion" means an abortion in which a person, with the purpose of causing the death of an unborn child, dismembers the living unborn child and extracts the unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus through the use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or a similar instrument that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slices, crushes, or grasps, or performs any combination of those actions on, a piece of the unborn child's body to cut or rip the piece from the body.  The term does not include an abortion that uses suction to dismember the body of an unborn child by sucking pieces of the unborn child into a collection container.  The term includes a dismemberment abortion that is used to cause the death of an unborn child and in which suction is subsequently used to extract pieces of the unborn child after the unborn child's death.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter G. Dismemberment Abortions|Section 171.152. Dismemberment Abortions Prohibited

Sec. 171.152.  DISMEMBERMENT ABORTIONS PROHIBITED.  (a)  A person may not intentionally perform a dismemberment abortion unless the dismemberment abortion is necessary in a medical emergency.(b)  A woman on whom a dismemberment abortion is performed, an employee or agent acting under the direction of a physician who performs a dismemberment abortion, or a person who fills a prescription or provides equipment used in a dismemberment abortion does not violate Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter G. Dismemberment Abortions|Section 171.153. Criminal Penalty

Sec. 171.153.  CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  A person who violates Section 171.152 commits an offense.(b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter G. Dismemberment Abortions|Section 171.154. Construction of Subchapter

Sec. 171.154.  CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  This subchapter shall be construed, as a matter of state law, to be enforceable to the maximum possible extent consistent with but not further than federal constitutional requirements, even if that construction is not readily apparent, as such constructions are authorized only to the extent necessary to save the subchapter from judicial invalidation.  Judicial reformation of statutory language is explicitly authorized only to the extent necessary to save the statutory provision from invalidity.(b)  If any court determines that a provision of this subchapter is unconstitutionally vague, the court shall interpret the provision, as a matter of state law, to avoid the vagueness problem and shall enforce the provision to the maximum possible extent.  If a federal court finds any provision of this subchapter or its application to any person, group of persons, or circumstances to be unconstitutionally vague and declines to impose the saving construction described by this subsection, the Supreme Court of Texas shall provide an authoritative construction of the objectionable statutory provisions that avoids the constitutional problems while enforcing the statute's restrictions to the maximum possible extent and shall agree to answer any question certified from a federal appellate court regarding the statute.(c)  A state executive or administrative official may not decline to enforce this subchapter, or adopt a construction of this subchapter in a way that narrows its applicability, based on the official's own beliefs concerning the requirements of the state or federal constitution, unless the official is enjoined by a state or federal court from enforcing this subchapter.(d)  This subchapter may not be construed to:(1)  authorize the prosecution of or a cause of action to be brought against a woman on whom an abortion is performed or induced in violation of this subchapter; or(2)  create or recognize a right to abortion or a right to a particular method of abortion.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.201. Definitions

Sec. 171.201.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac.(2)  "Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period.(3)  "Gestational sac" means the structure comprising the extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy.(4)  "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state, including a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathic medicine.(5)  "Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition that:(A)  begins with fertilization;(B)  occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human offspring; and(C)  is calculated from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period.(6)  "Standard medical practice" means the degree of skill, care, and diligence that an obstetrician of ordinary judgment, learning, and skill would employ in like circumstances.(7)  "Unborn child" means a human fetus or embryo in any stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.202. Legislative Findings

Sec. 171.202.  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.  The legislature finds, according to contemporary medical research, that:(1)  fetal heartbeat has become a key medical predictor that an unborn child will reach live birth;(2)  cardiac activity begins at a biologically identifiable moment in time, normally when the fetal heart is formed in the gestational sac;(3)  Texas has compelling interests from the outset of a woman's pregnancy in protecting the health of the woman and the life of the unborn child; and(4)  to make an informed choice about whether to continue her pregnancy, the pregnant woman has a compelling interest in knowing the likelihood of her unborn child surviving to full-term birth based on the presence of cardiac activity.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.203. Determination of Presence of Fetal Heartbeat Required; Record

Sec. 171.203.  DETERMINATION OF PRESENCE OF FETAL HEARTBEAT REQUIRED; RECORD.  (a)  For the purposes of determining the presence of a fetal heartbeat under this section, "standard medical practice" includes employing the appropriate means of detecting the heartbeat based on the estimated gestational age of the unborn child and the condition of the woman and her pregnancy.(b)  Except as provided by Section 171.205, a physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman unless the physician has determined, in accordance with this section, whether the woman's unborn child has a detectable fetal heartbeat.(c)  In making a determination under Subsection (b), the physician must use a test that is:(1)  consistent with the physician's good faith and reasonable understanding of standard medical practice; and(2)  appropriate for the estimated gestational age of the unborn child and the condition of the pregnant woman and her pregnancy.(d)  A physician making a determination under Subsection (b) shall record in the pregnant woman's medical record:(1)  the estimated gestational age of the unborn child;(2)  the method used to estimate the gestational age; and(3)  the test used for detecting a fetal heartbeat, including the date, time, and results of the test.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.204. Prohibited Abortion of Unborn Child With Detectable Fetal Heartbeat; Effect

Sec. 171.204.  PROHIBITED ABORTION OF UNBORN CHILD WITH DETECTABLE FETAL HEARTBEAT; EFFECT.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 171.205, a physician may not knowingly perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman if the physician detected a fetal heartbeat for the unborn child as required by Section 171.203 or failed to perform a test to detect a fetal heartbeat.(b)  A physician does not violate this section if the physician performed a test for a fetal heartbeat as required by Section 171.203 and did not detect a fetal heartbeat.(c)  This section does not affect:(1)  the provisions of this chapter that restrict or regulate an abortion by a particular method or during a particular stage of pregnancy; or(2)  any other provision of state law that regulates or prohibits abortion.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.205. Exception for Medical Emergency; Records

Sec. 171.205.  EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY; RECORDS.  (a)  Sections 171.203 and 171.204 do not apply if a physician believes a medical emergency exists that prevents compliance with this subchapter.(b)  A physician who performs or induces an abortion under circumstances described by Subsection (a) shall make written notations in the pregnant woman's medical record of:(1)  the physician's belief that a medical emergency necessitated the abortion; and(2)  the medical condition of the pregnant woman that prevented compliance with this subchapter.(c)  A physician performing or inducing an abortion under this section shall maintain in the physician's practice records a copy of the notations made under Subsection (b).|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.206. Construction of Subchapter

Sec. 171.206.  CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  This subchapter does not create or recognize a right to abortion before a fetal heartbeat is detected.(b)  This subchapter may not be construed to:(1)  authorize the initiation of a cause of action against or the prosecution of a 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.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.207. Limitations on Public Enforcement

Sec. 171.207.  LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 171.005 or any other law, the requirements of this subchapter shall be enforced exclusively through the private civil actions described in Section 171.208.  No enforcement of this subchapter, and no enforcement of Chapters 19 and 22, Penal Code, in response to violations of this subchapter, may be taken or threatened by this state, a political subdivision, a district or county attorney, or an executive or administrative officer or employee of this state or a political subdivision against any person, except as provided in Section 171.208.(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.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 171.209 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 2 - Health|Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions|Chapter 171 - Abortion|Subchapter H. Detection of Fetal Heartbeat|Section 171.209. Civil Liability: Undue Burden Defense Limitations

Sec. 171.209.  CIVIL LIABILITY:  UNDUE BURDEN DEFENSE LIMITATIONS.  (a)  A defendant against whom an action is brought under Section 171.208 does not have standing to assert the rights of women seeking an abortion as a defense to liability under that section unless:(1)  the United States Supreme Court holds that the courts of this state must confer standing on that defendant to assert the third-party rights of women seeking an abortion in state court as a matter of federal constitutional law; or(2)  the defendant has standing to assert the rights of women seeking an abortion under the tests for third-party standing established by the United States Supreme Court.(b)  A defendant in an action brought under Section 171.208 may assert an affirmative defense to liability under this section if:(1)  the defendant has standing to assert the third-party rights of a woman or group of women seeking an abortion in accordance with Subsection (a); and(2)  the defendant demonstrates that the relief sought by the claimant will impose an undue burden on that woman or that group of women seeking an abortion.(c)  A court may not find an undue burden under Subsection (b) unless the defendant introduces evidence proving that:(1)  an award of relief will prevent a woman or a group of women from obtaining an abortion; or(2)  an award of relief will place a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman or a group of women who are seeking an abortion.(d)  A defendant may not establish an undue burden under this section by:(1)  merely demonstrating that an award of relief will prevent women from obtaining support or assistance, financial or otherwise, from others in their effort to obtain an abortion; or(2)  arguing or attempting to demonstrate that an award of relief against other defendants or other potential defendants will impose an undue burden on women seeking an abortion.(e)  The affirmative defense under Subsection (b) is not available if the United States Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) or Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992), regardless of whether the conduct on which the cause of action is based under Section 171.208 occurred before the Supreme Court overruled either of those decisions.(f)  Nothing in this section shall in any way limit or preclude a defendant from asserting the defendant's personal constitutional rights as a defense to liability under Section 171.208, and a court may not award relief under Section 171.208 if the conduct for which the defendant has been sued was an exercise of state or federal constitutional rights that personally belong to the defendant.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|