* * * URGENT LEGISLATIVE ALERT 04/29/2025 * * *
Urge Your State Senator & Representative to Support SB 2352/HB 4595 to Give Parents the Right to Protect Minor Girls from Out-of-State Abortions
Please immediately urge your State Senator & Representative to support SB 2352 and its companion, HB 4595. These bills give parents the right to protect their minor daughters from out-of-state abortions. Texas law protects minor girls (17 and under) from elective abortions within our state. However, no law prevents any individual or organization from taking girls to another state for an abortion, including sex traffickers, adult boyfriends, and abortion travel organizations.
Very little time remains in the legislative session for these bills to get a committee hearing in time to pass. Please do it today!
Find Your State Senator and Representative Here.
SAMPLE MESSAGES — Use your own words.
PHONE — (You may leave a message after business hours.)
Hello, my name is (name). I live at (address). Please ask Sen./Rep. __________ to support SB 2352 to give parents the right to protect their minor daughters from out-of-state abortions. Thank you.
EMAIL — first.last@senate.texas.gov or first.last@house.texas.gov
The Honorable (Senator or Representative Name)
Dear Sen./Rep. ___________:
I urge you to support SB 2352 to give parents the right to protect their minor daughters from out-of-state abortions.
Thank you.
Your name & address
Let us know that you have made your contacts.
Send an email with any comments to info@texasallianceforlife.org.
Background
- The Human Life Protection Act (HLPA) is the landmark law that protects minor girls (17 years of age and younger) from abortion, beginning at conception, in our state. Violators who perform or help a minor to get an illegal abortion commit a first-degree felony with 99 years in prison, minimum $100,000 fine, and mandatory loss of license for medical providers.
- However, Texas law currently does not give parents a right to prevent a third party from taking their minor daughter for an abortion in other states.
- SB 2352, authored by Sen. Phil King (R-Weatherford), and HB 4595, authored by Rep. Ellen Troxclair (R-Lakeway), create a crime for taking a minor girl across state lines for an abortion with the same stiff penalties as are in the Human Life Protection Act.
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