Tex. Health & Safety Code § 170A.0022 · Chapter 170A. PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION
REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Reasonable medical judgment in providing medical treatment to a pregnant female includes removing:
(1) an ectopic pregnancy as defined by Section 245.002(4-a); and
(2) a dead, unborn child whose death was caused by spontaneous abortion.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 31), Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2025.
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