HB 2597 Summary

• Removes criminal penalties for physicians performing partial-birth abortions while maintaining the procedure prohibition, and eliminates civil action rights previously granted to fathers and grandparents for violations of partial-birth abortion restrictions.

• Removes criminal felony classification for sex-selection and race-selection abortions and eliminates civil action rights for fathers and grandparents, while maintaining the procedure prohibition and allowing only attorney general or county attorney enforcement.

• Eliminates criminal misdemeanor penalties for physicians performing abortions on minors without parental consent and removes parental civil action rights, while maintaining the parental consent requirement itself.

• Eliminates criminal and civil liability provisions related to violations of informed consent requirements for general abortions, fetal condition disclosures, and gestational age restrictions; removes civil action rights for women, fathers, and grandparents.

• Maintains professional license suspension or revocation as the primary enforcement mechanism for abortion-related violations by physicians through medical board proceedings.