Bill Text: TX HB1109 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the time at which life begins.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1109 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1109-Introduced.html
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By: Christian | H.B. No. 1109 |
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relating to the time at which life begins. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Bill Burch Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Subtitle H, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 172 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 172. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS | ||
Sec. 172.001. MOMENT THAT LIFE BEGINS. The life of an | ||
individual human organism begins at the moment that the initial | ||
splitting of a human cell occurs during fertilization. | ||
Sec. 172.002. RIGHTS OF UNBORN. An unborn human organism is | ||
alive and is entitled to the rights, protections, and privileges | ||
accorded to any other person in this state. | ||
Sec. 172.003. POWER TO ENACT. This chapter is enacted | ||
pursuant to the power reserved to this state under the Tenth | ||
Amendment to the United States Constitution. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |