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Texas House Bill 2 (HB2) is a bill within the Eighty-third Texas Legislature, first introduced into the Texas Senate as Texas Senate Bill 5 (SB5) on June 11, 2013, related to abortion rights within the state.
19 lis 2022 · Texas House Bill No. 2, widely known as HB 2 and passed by the second special session of the Eighty-third Texas Legislature in 2013, imposed new restrictions on abortion access, including restrictions on the clinics performing abortions and on the distribution of abortifacient drugs.
12 lis 2024 · HB 2 required physicians performing an abortion to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where the abortion was performed. Heightened abortion clinic standards. HB 2 also required that abortion clinics conform to stricter standards than they had before.
5 lut 2016 · In 2013, the Texas Legislature passed HB 2 to provide abortion patients with a higher standard of health care. The common-sense law requires the minimum standards for abortion facilities be equivalent to the minimum standards for general surgery centers (“ambulatory surgical centers” or ASCs), as the Gosnell Grand Jury recommended.
25 sty 2015 · The District Court ruled that the purpose of the two regulations was to create a substantial obstacle for women seeking abortions in Texas. While the defendants argued that the regulations were designed to make abortions safer and reduce risk, the Court decided that this was not the case.
12 lis 2024 · Texas Law. In the second special session of 2013, the Texas Legislature passed HB 2. This bill added new restrictions to the use of abortion-inducing medication such as "the Mifeprex regimen, misoprostol (Cytotec), and methotrexate."
2 mar 2016 · The Texas Attorney General’s Office today delivered oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court for the state’s defense of House Bill 2 (HB 2), the 2013 law passed by the Texas Legislature to improve patient safety and raise the standard of care for women at abortion facilities. “Today, Texas made a strong case defending our efforts to ...