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This bill makes several key changes: 1. It requires healthcare providers to provide information to pregnant women about the availability of perinatal hospice care if the woman's unborn child is diagnosed with a life-threatening disability. This includes providing informational materials and a certification form. 2. It prohibits discriminatory abortions based on the race, ethnicity, sex, Down syndrome diagnosis, or disability diagnosis of the unborn child. It creates criminal penalties for violations, allows for administrative penalties against physicians, and provides for civil remedies that can include injunctive relief and damages. 3. It requires healthcare providers to inform women seeking abortions about Texas' law prohibiting abortions based solely on the race, ethnicity, sex, Down syndrome diagnosis, or disability diagnosis of the unborn child. 4. It repeals provisions related to allowing abortions in cases of severe fetal abnormality. The bill takes effect on January 1, 2018, except for the provisions on providing perinatal hospice information, which apply to diagnoses made on or after that date.

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