Bill Text: TX HJR158 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest extent possible under law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HJR158 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HJR158-Introduced.html
87R3140 MCF-F | ||
By: Bonnen | H.J.R. No. 158 |
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proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life | ||
of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest extent | ||
possible under law. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 19, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 19. (a) No citizen of this State shall be deprived of | ||
life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner | ||
disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land. | ||
(b) With respect to the right to life described by | ||
Subsection (a) of this section, the term "citizen" includes each | ||
member of the species Homo sapiens at each stage of life, including | ||
the moment of fertilization or other moment at which a member of the | ||
human species begins to develop. | ||
(c) The right to life guaranteed by this section is vested | ||
in each member of the human species, born and unborn. | ||
(d) This section may not be construed to: | ||
(1) require the prosecution of a woman for the death of | ||
her unborn child; | ||
(2) prohibit in vitro fertilization; or | ||
(3) prohibit the use of birth control or other means of | ||
preventing fertilization. | ||
(e) To the fullest extent possible under law, abortion is | ||
prohibited in this state. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right | ||
to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the fullest | ||
extent possible under law." |