TX HB1986

Repeals Chapter 170A of the Health and Safety Code and several other provisions that prohibit abortion in Texas, including the pre-Roe "trigger law" (Chapter 6-1/2, Title 71, Revised Statutes)

Limits abortion complication reporting requirements to physicians who perform or treat complications at abortion facilities, and to hospitals, abortion facilities, and emergency medical care facilities—removing broader reporting mandates on all healthcare providers

Requires abortion-inducing drugs to be provided only by physicians following the FDA-approved protocol as outlined in the final printed label, or alternatively using dosage amounts from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Practice Bulletin guidelines as they existed on January 1, 2013

Mandates that physicians examine patients and document gestational age and intrauterine pregnancy location before providing abortion-inducing drugs, with a follow-up visit required within 14 days

Takes effect September 1, 2025