Texas § HS.171.206 - CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER

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§ HS.171.206. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER

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.

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