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The Texas Heartbeat Act contains twelve sections. [55] Although the Act is best known for its provisions that outlaw abortion after cardiac activity has been detected, and that authorize private lawsuits against those who violate the Act, the Act includes other provisions that further restrict abortion and deter litigants from challenging abortion laws in court. [56]
Texas House Bill 2 (HB2) is a bill within the Eighty-third Texas Legislature, first introduced into the Texas Senate as Texas Senate Bill 5 (SB5) on June 11, 2013, related to abortion rights within the state.
This guide will walk you through the laws and penalties that govern abortion access and restrictions in Texas. Everything you need to know about the Texas abortion ban: exceptions, regulations ...
Abortion in Texas is illegal in most cases. [1] There are nominally exceptions to save the mother's life, or prevent "substantial impairment of major bodily function", but the law on abortion in Texas is written in such an ambiguous way that life-threatening or harmful pregnancies do not explicitly constitute an exception.
Texas first enacted Senate Bill 8, a six-week abortion ban, in September 2021, nine months before the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the right to an abortion established in Roe v. Wade.
This week, Texas adopted an unprecedented new law that would ban the vast majority of abortions perfomed in the state. The “heartbeat bill” mimics similar, unsuccessful attempts by other ...
The Texas Heartbeat Act, also referred to as Senate Bill 8 or SB 8 for short, [6] is a law enacted by the Republican majorities in the 87th Texas Legislature during its regular session that prohibits abortion, including in cases of rape and incest, 6 weeks into a woman's pregnancy.
In Texas, that means a trigger law, House Bill 1280, will soon criminalize abortion at any time after fertilization. The ban will take effect 30 days after the final judgment in Dobbs v.