SB308 - Relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.

  89R4382 JG-D     By: Eckhardt, et al. S.B. No. 308       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the repeal of certain laws prohibiting abortion.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 171.206(b), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  This subchapter may not be construed to:                (1)  authorize the initiation of a cause of action   against or the prosecution of a pregnant individual [ 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.          SECTION 2.  Section 171.207(b), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Subsection (a) may not be construed to:                (1)  legalize the conduct prohibited by this subchapter   [ or by Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes ];                (2)  limit in any way or affect the availability of a   remedy established by Section 171.208; or                (3)  limit the enforceability of any other laws that   regulate or prohibit abortion.          SECTION 3.  The following laws are repealed:                (1)  Chapter 170A, Health and Safety Code; and                (2)  Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes.          SECTION 4.  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, 2025.