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Culture & Conversation Abortion
This law was last updated on Oct 23, 2017
This law is Anti–Choice
HB 87
Failed to Pass
Nov 14, 2016
Co-sponsors: 11
Primary Sponsors: 1
Total Sponsors: 12
Current Texas law prohibits a person from intentionally or knowingly performing an abortion on a woman who is pregnant with a viable “unborn child” during the third trimester of the pregnancy unless the physician determines:
HB 87 would remove the exemption for severe and irreversible abnormalities.
The bill would also amend current law which allows for state tax revenue to be used solely for abortions necessary due to medical emergencies. HB 87 would remove “fetus has a severe fetal abnormality” from the listed medical emergency exemptions.