Last Updated: 5/21/15
House and Senate rules prevent further movement of this bill. House Bill 3008 was favorably voted out of the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Please contact and urge your Texas state representative to support House Bill 3008.
Please urge your Texas state representative to support HB 3008 to eliminate wrongful birth lawsuits in Texas.
In a wrongful birth action, parents seek damages for a child born with birth defects. The claim for damages is based on the cost to parents of raising an unexpectedly disabled child.
Read a one page summary of the bill
Pro-life Texas State Rep. Ron SImmons (R-Denton) is authoring this excellent bill to protect children with disabilities .
If you know someone who has experience with the wrongful birth cause of action, please contact Texas Alliance for Life board member Terry Williams.
BACKGROUND
This is one of the first pro-life bill of this legislative session to be heard in committee! Please contact and urge your Texas state representative to support HB 3008, especially if he or she is a member of this committee.
CALENDARS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Rep. Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi) (Chair)
Rep. Eddie Lucio III (D-Brownsville) (Vice Chair)
Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana)
Rep. Sarah Davis (R-West University Place)
Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth)
Rep. Helen Giddings (D-DeSoto)
Rep. Patricia Harless (R-Spring)
Rep. Dan Huberty (R-Humble)
Rep. Eric Johnson (D-Dallas)
Rep. Ken King (R-Canadian)
Rep. Lyle Larson (R-San Antonio)
Rep. Four Price (R-Amarillo)
Rep. Debbie Riddle (R-Spring)
Rep. Eddie Rodriguez (D-Austin)
JUDICIARY AND CIVIL JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Rep. John T. Smithee (R-Corsicana) (Chair)
Rep. Jessica Farrar (D-Houston) (Vice Chair)
Rep. Travis Clardy (R-Nacogdoches)
Rep. Ana Hernandez (D-Houston)
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker)
Rep. Richard Peña Raymond (D-Laredo)
Rep. Mike Schofield (R-Houston)
Rep. Kenneth Sheets (R-Dallas)
Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston)
HB 3008, by pro-life Rep. Ron Simmons (R-Victoria), would protect children with disabilities by eliminating wrongful birth lawsuits in Texas.