Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.40 · Chapter 38. EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL ACTIONS
EVIDENCE OF PREGNANCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a prosecution for the death of or injury to an individual who is an unborn child, the prosecution shall provide medical or other evidence that the mother of the individual was pregnant at the time of the alleged offense.
(b) For the purpose of this section, "individual" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.38.htm
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