Texas HB2197 aims to protect unborn children by applying criminal and civil laws equally to them as to born individuals.

Texas HB2197 amends the Penal Code to ensure that criminal laws apply equally to offenses against unborn children and born individuals. It redefines "individual" to include unborn children at all stages of development. The bill adds provisions to ensure that criminal laws apply to offenses against unborn children, excluding unintentional injuries or deaths resulting from lifesaving procedures or spontaneous miscarriages. It repeals certain sections of the Penal Code and Civil Practice and Remedies Code that could be interpreted as allowing pressure on pregnant mothers to obtain abortions.

Texas HB2197 aims to protect unborn children by applying criminal and civil laws equally to them as to born individuals.

Texas HB2197 amends the Penal Code to ensure that criminal laws apply equally to offenses against unborn children and born individuals. It redefines "individual" to include unborn children at all stages of development. The bill adds provisions to ensure that criminal laws apply to offenses against unborn children, excluding unintentional injuries or deaths resulting from lifesaving procedures or spontaneous miscarriages. It repeals certain sections of the Penal Code and Civil Practice and Remedies Code that could be interpreted as allowing pressure on pregnant mothers to obtain abortions.