[Breitbart] A Texas state lawmaker has pre-filed a bill that would criminalize dismemberment abortions. If the law passes, it would be a crime for an abortion doctor to surgically dismember and extract a living baby while in the womb. The criminal penalty would be a state jail felony.Moreover, pursuant to the express provisions of Senate Bill 415, a state executive or administrative official may not decline to enforce the law, or "adopt a construction" of this law that "narrows its applicability, based on the official’s own beliefs concerning the requirements of the state or federal constitution." The bill is authored by state Senator Charles Perry (R-Lubbock).
Under the law, a woman on whom a dismemberment abortion is performed, or an employee or agent of the physician, would not be subject to criminal penalties.
A dismemberment abortion performed when "necessary in a medical emergency," would not be a crime.