Bill Text: TX SJR6 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-11-08 - Filed [SJR6 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SJR6-Introduced.html
By: Eckhardt | S.J.R. No. 6 | |
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proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an individual's | ||
right to personal reproductive autonomy. | ||
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
adding Section 36 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 36. Each individual residing in this state has the | ||
right to personal reproductive autonomy, and this state recognizes | ||
that right as central to the individual's liberty and dignity to | ||
determine the individual's own life course. This state may not | ||
restrict or prohibit the exercise of that right unless the | ||
restriction or prohibition is justified by a compelling state | ||
interest that is achieved using the least restrictive means | ||
available. | ||
SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2024. | ||
The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
proposition: "The constitutional amendment establishing an | ||
individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy." |