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SouthCapital · AustinPop · 29,145,505In the CDC countTotal ban in effect
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Civic facts

The basics

Capital
Austin
Largest city
Houston
Population (2020)
29,145,505
Area
268,596 sq mi
Admitted
1845
Region
South
U.S. House seats
38
Who represents it

Officials & delegation

Governor
Greg Abbott
Republican
U.S. Senator
John Cornyn
Republican
U.S. Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican
U.S. House
38 seats
2020 apportionment
Reporting & the law

What Texas reports

Federal participation
Submits data to CDCDid the jurisdiction submit abortion data to the CDC for the most recent surveillance year?
yes
Reporting to CDC is voluntary; the non-reporting set can change year to year.
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Registry programWhether the state registry is funded through NPCR, SEER, or both.
NPCR+SEER
Statewide SEER registry (joined SEER 2018); Texas Cancer Incidence Reporting Act.
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SUDORS participationDoes the jurisdiction participate in CDC's overdose death reporting system?
yes
CDC OD2A-S funded; 49 states + DC provide data to SUDORS.
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Shares MMRC data with CDCDoes the MMRC report into CDC's MMRIA system?
no
Active MMRC (Texas MMMRC, Health & Safety Code Ch.34) but CDC ERASE MM lists TX as 'Not Participating' in MMRIA.
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State mandate
State reporting mandateDoes state law require providers to report abortions to the state?
full
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Statute citationExact code section creating the reporting requirement.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 245.011
Physician monthly report to the state health department (also 25 Tex. Admin. Code § 139.4).
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Reporting frequencyHow often providers must file (monthly, quarterly, annually).
monthly
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Data granularityIndividual-level records (no names) vs aggregate statistics.
individual
Individual-level records exclude patient names.
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Cancer is a reportable diseaseDoes state law require providers to report every cancer case to the state registry?
yes
Cancer is a reportable disease in every U.S. state; state law mandates reporting to the central registry.
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Cancer reporting statuteExact code section creating the cancer reporting requirement.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 82.008
Statewide SEER registry (joined SEER 2018); Texas Cancer Incidence Reporting Act.
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Death registration requiredIs registration of every death required by law?
yes
Every death produces a registered death certificate in every jurisdiction.
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Maternal Mortality Review CommitteeDoes the jurisdiction have an MMRC?
yes
Active MMRC (Texas MMMRC, Health & Safety Code Ch.34) but CDC ERASE MM lists TX as 'Not Participating' in MMRIA.
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What is collected
Patient demographicsAge, race, ethnicity, marital status, prior births.
yes
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Gestational durationGestational age at time of abortion.
yes
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Method / typeProcedural vs medication abortion and specific method.
yes
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Patient residenceState/county of residence -- needed to measure interstate travel.
yes
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Facility / clinician identityNames of facility and provider. Central to the privacy debate.
yes
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Reason for abortionPatient's stated reason for seeking care.
yes
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Fetal viabilityWhether the fetus was viable.
no
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Counseling complianceWhether counseling requirements were met.
yes
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Parental involvement complianceWhether parental consent/notice requirements were met.
yes
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Born-alive reportingRequires reporting on infants born alive / surviving attempted abortion.
no
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Pregnancy checkbox on death certificateWhether the death certificate carries the standard pregnancy checkbox.
yes
Active MMRC (Texas MMMRC, Health & Safety Code Ch.34) but CDC ERASE MM lists TX as 'Not Participating' in MMRIA.
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Health outcomes
Complications / adverse eventsWhether the state requires reporting of physical complications. This is the field that speaks to health outcomes; incidence counts do not.
yes
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Complication definition standardWhether the state defines reportable complications, and how.
Statutory enumerated list of physical complications (~28 items) plus FDA MedWatch catch-all (Abortion Complication Reporting Act, HSC 171.006/171.061).
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Publishes a public annual reportWhether the state publishes its collected data publicly.
yes
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Legal context
Total abortion ban in effectWhether a total/near-total ban is currently in effect.
yes
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Detail & equity
Gestational-stage breakdownReports counts by gestational age — what makes late-term (21+ wk) figures visible.
yes
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Late-term (21+ wk) tablePublishes a gestational-age table that isolates a 21+ week (late-term) bracket.
yes
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Payment source (Medicaid vs private)Whether the report captures who paid — Medicaid/public funds vs private insurance vs self-pay.
no
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Marital status
yes
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Patient educationA socioeconomic indicator.
no
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Reproductive historyPrior pregnancies / live births / prior abortions.
yes
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Privacy design
Identifiers removed before CDC transmissionWhether personal identifiers are removed before data goes to CDC.
yes
Name, SSN and street address are removed before transmission to CDC.
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