Sec. 171.206.  CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  This subchapter does not create or recognize a right to abortion before a fetal heartbeat is detected.
(b)  This subchapter may not be construed to:
(1)  authorize the initiation of a cause of action against or the prosecution of a woman on whom an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced in violation of this subchapter;
(2)  wholly or partly repeal, either expressly or by implication, any other statute that regulates or prohibits abortion, including Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes; or
(3)  restrict a political subdivision from regulating or prohibiting abortion in a manner that is at least as stringent as the laws of this state.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.