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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 1987 modifies abortion reporting requirements, regulates abortion-inducing drugs, and repeals specific abortion prohibition laws
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to Public HealthSponsor: Rhetta Bowers
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 1987 requires physicians and health care facilities to report specific s, mandates that abortion-inducing drugs follow FDA labels or specific clinical guidelines, and repeals Chapter 170A of the Health and Safety Code and other related laws effective September 1, 2025.
The measure alters compliance and reporting obligations for medical practitioners providing abortion care, alters the legal framework governing medication abortion protocols, and changes the statutory prohibitions on abortion in the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Physicians
Physicians must follow updated FDA or clinical guideline protocols when providing abortion-inducing drugs, document gestational age and intrauterine location, schedule follow-up visits, and report specific abortion complications.
Health care facilities
Hospitals, abortion facilities, and emergency medical care facilities are subject to mandatory reporting requirements when diagnosing or treating abortion complications.
Pregnant women seeking abortions
Patients receiving abortion-inducing drugs must undergo a pre-procedure examination, have their data documented in medical records, and attend a mandatory follow-up visit within 14 days.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Health
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 22, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Modification of Abortion Regulation and Reporting
The bill updates definitions for abortion complications and reporting obligations while repealing Chapter 170A and other designated abortion prohibition laws.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy95Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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