Last Updated: 5/2115
House and Senate rules prevent further movement of this bill. HB 3446 was set to be considered on the House floor on Wednesday May 13, 2015.
Please urge your Texas state representative to support HB 3446 to require that abortion facilities place signage in a clearly visible area that would 1) inform women of their legal right to refuse an abortion and 2) provide contact information for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
Read a one page summary of the bill
Pro-life Texas State Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker) is authoring this excellent bill to protect women and 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 3446, 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)
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 3446, by pro-life Rep. Jodie Laubenberg (R-Parker), would require that abortion facilities place signs in a clearly visible area that would 1) inform women of their legal right to refuse an abortion and 2) provide contact information for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.