Last Updated: 5/21/15
House and Senate rules prevent further movement of this bill. House Bill 3765 was heard in the House State Affairs Committee on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.
Please urge your Texas state representative to support HB 3765 to strengthen a minor’s right to refuse an abortion, by requiring her consent in addition to her parent’s consent.
Read a one page summary of the bill
Pro-life Texas State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker) is authoring this excellent bill to protect minor girls from coerced or forced abortions.
If you know someone who was a victim of sex trafficking or forced to have an abortion they did not want, 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 3765, especially if he or she is a member of this committee.
STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Rep. Byron Cook (R-Corsicana) (Chair)
Rep. Helen Giddings (D-DeSoto) (Vice Chair)
Rep. Tom Craddick (R-Midland)
Rep. Marsha Farney (R-Georgetown)
Rep. Jessica Farrar (D-Houston)
Rep. Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth)
Rep. Patricia Harless (R-Spring)
Rep. Dan Huberty (R-Humble)
Rep. John Kuempel (R-Seguin)
Rep. Rene Oliveira (R-Brownsville)
Rep. John T. Smithee (R-Amarillo)
Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Houston)
HB 3765, by pro-life Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker), would strengthen a minor’s right to refuse an abortion, by requiring her consent in addition to her parent’s consent.