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5/15/2008
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4/23/2008
Landmark Hearing Exposes Failed Bush ‘Abstinence-Only’ Policy

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Legislation to Watch

From the 80th Legislative Session, January-May 2007:

Pro-Choice Legislation Anti-Choice Legislation

Act for Teen Safety

Compassionate Care for Victims of Violence Act

Contraceptive Equity Act

Penalties for Fraudulent Advertising Act

Regulation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers Act

Regulation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Relating to a pharmacist's duty to dispense (no refusal)

Relating to a pharmacist's duty to dispense (no refusal)

Relating to an abortion when a fetal abnormality is detected

Relating to the Regulation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Relating to the adoption of public school textbooks

Relating to voluntary and informed consent for an abortion

Responsible Health Education Act

Responsible age-appropriate sex education act

Texas Prevention First Act of 2007

Texas Prevention First Act of 2007

Banning abortion in Texas

Banning abortion in Texas

Bribing-For-Babies Act

Choose Life License Plates

Mandatory Misinformed Consent Act

Mandatory Misinformed Consent Act

Optional Non-Participation in Human Sex Education Classes

Pharmacy Billboard and Bully Act

Restriction of Abortion Providers Act

Shutting Down Clinics Act

TRAP law

TRAP law

Pro-Choice Legislation:
Act for Teen Safety

Bill Number:  HB 3077 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas House of Representatives
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Villarreal

Compassionate Care for Victims of Violence Act

Bill Number:  HB 306 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Farrar

Why you should be informed:
  • This legislation would allow victims of violence to receive compassionate care
Contraceptive Equity Act

Bill Number:  HB 268 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House Insurance
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Anchia

Why you should be informed:
  • Helps more Texas women afford birth control by requiring insurance plans that provide benefits for prescription drugs or devices to cover contraceptive drugs and devices.
Take action! Click here to send an email to Rep. Anchia
expressing your support for HB 268.
Penalties for Fraudulent Advertising Act

Bill Number:  HB 2142 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas House of Representatives
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Rodriguez

Relating to the fraudulent advertising of pregnancy-related medical services; providing penalties.
Regulation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers Act

Bill Number:  HB 2223 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to House of Representatives
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Villarreal

Regulation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Bill Number:  SB 1174 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas Senate
Sponsor(s):  Sen. Ellis

Companion bill to HB2878.
Relating to a pharmacist's duty to dispense (no refusal)

Bill Number:  SB 1591 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas Senate
Sponsor(s):  Sen. Shapleigh

Relating to a pharmacist's duty to dispense (no refusal)

Bill Number:  HB 1996 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House Public Health
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Toureilles

Relating to an abortion when a fetal abnormality is detected

Bill Number:  HB 301 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Farrar

Why you should be informed:
  • This legislation would allow victims of violence to receive compassionate care
Relating to the Regulation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Bill Number:  HB 2036 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs Committee
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Dutton

Relating to the provision of certain services and information related to pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases; providing penalties.
Relating to the adoption of public school textbooks

Bill Number:  HB77 [ view bill ]
Status: 
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Naishtat

Why you should be informed:
  • This bill would require that ALL elements of the state’s curriculum standards be included in the student and teacher versions of approved textbooks.
Relating to voluntary and informed consent for an abortion

Bill Number:  HB 1760 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Coleman

This bill addresses a Woman’s Right to Know medically accurate information.
Responsible Health Education Act

Bill Number:  HB 503 [ view bill ]
Status:  In committee
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Castro & Rep. Strama

Why you should be informed:
  • This bill seeks to loosen restrictions on responsible sex education in the state’s public schools.
Responsible age-appropriate sex education act

Bill Number:  HB 3165 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas House of Representatives
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Farrar

Texas Prevention First Act of 2007

Bill Number:  HB 1842 [ view bill ]
Status:  Filed
Sponsor(s):  Strama, Turner, Anchia

The Texas Prevention First Act of 2007 SB 837/HB 1842 is a comprehensive bill that will increase access to family planning information and services, and require schools to teach medically accurate and honest sex education.
Texas Prevention First Act of 2007

Bill Number:  SB 837 [ view bill ]
Status:  Filed
Sponsor(s):  Watson

The Texas Prevention First Act of 2007 SB 837/HB 1842 is a comprehensive bill that will increase access to family planning information and services, and require schools to teach medically accurate and honest sex education.
 
Anti-Choice Legislation:
Banning abortion in Texas

Bill Number:  HB 175 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Chisum

Why you should be concerned:
  • This bill would ban abortions in Texas if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • The ban resulting from this bill (if Roe is overturned) includes no exemptions for the health of a mother or victims of rape or incest.
  • HB 175 would make doctors criminals for providing abortion care.
  • If Roe is overturned, HB 175 would make abortions illegal and dangerous in Texas no longer than 60 days afterwards.
Take action! Click here to send an email to Rep. Chisum
expressing your opposition to HB 175.
Banning abortion in Texas

Bill Number:  SB 186 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to Senate State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Sen. Patrick

Why you should be concerned:
  • This bill would ban abortions in Texas if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
  • The ban resulting from this bill (if Roe is overturned) includes no exemptions for the health of a mother or victims of rape or incest.
  • SB 186 includes ambiguous language to criminalize doctors and others who provide "means" for abortion care.
  • If Roe is overturned, SB 186 would make abortions illegal and dangerous in Texas no longer than 60 days afterwards.
Take action! Click here to send an email to Sen. Patrick
expressing your opposition to SB 186.
Bribing-For-Babies Act

Bill Number:  SB 1567 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas Senate
Sponsor(s):  Sen. Patrick

Regarding creation of a program to bribe pregnant women with $500 for their newborn babies. Only women who were originally considering abortion would be eligible.
Choose Life License Plates

Bill Number:  HB 224 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House Appropriations
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Paxton

Why you should be concerned:
  • This legislation would allow the issuance of politically motivated "Choose Life" license plates.
Mandatory Misinformed Consent Act

Bill Number:  HB 3212 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas House of Representatives
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Zedler

Mandatory Misinformed Consent Act

Bill Number:  HB 21 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Corte

Why you should be concerned:
  • Requires doctors to give false information drawing a fictitious link between abortion and breast cancer to patients seeking abortion services.
  • Requires women to make an additional and medically unnecessary visit to a clinic 24 hours in advance of an abortion procedure to receive information previously allowed to be given over the phone or by video.
  • HB 21 places additional burdens on doctors and women.
Take action! Click here to send an email to Rep. Corte
expressing your opposition to HB 21.
Optional Non-Participation in Human Sex Education Classes

Bill Number:  HB 311 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House Public Education
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Chisum, Rep. Flynn, Rep. Hancock

Requires parents to approve beforehand the inclusion of their children in public school sexuality education classes. The bill places yet another obstacle in the way of providing students with medically accurate information about responsible pregnancy and disease prevention.
Pharmacy Billboard and Bully Act

Bill Number:  HB 23 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Corte

Why you should be concerned:
  • Requires a large 1 x 2 foot sign be posted at all Texas pharmacies with misleading and confusing information about emergency contraception.
  • Violates a woman’s right to privacy by requiring names of women requesting EC be kept on record for 2 years.
Take action! Click here to send an email to Rep. Corte
expressing your opposition to HB 23.
Restriction of Abortion Providers Act

Bill Number:  HB 1750 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Morrison

Regarding the restriction and regulation of abortion providers and clinics.
Shutting Down Clinics Act

Bill Number:  HB 22 [ view bill ]
Status:  Referred to House State Affairs
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Corte

Why you should be concerned:
  • This bill puts further regulations on abortion providers, often burdening clinics with over $1 million of medically unnecessary renovations.
  • HB 22 threatens to shut clinics down which often times provide other preventative medical services.
Take action! Click here to send an email to Rep. Corte
expressing your opposition to HB 22.
TRAP law

Bill Number:  HB 1131 [ view bill ]
Status:  In State Affairs Committee
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Zedler

Why you should be concerned:
  • This bill would allow for more Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers (TRAP law)
TRAP law

Bill Number:  SB 785 [ view bill ]
Status:  Introduced to Texas Senate
Sponsor(s):  Sen. Shapiro

Regarding Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers (TRAP law).
 

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