Tex. Health & Safety Code § 170A.0023 · Chapter 170A. PERFORMANCE OF ABORTION
ACCIDENTAL OR UNINTENTIONAL DEATH.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to any law that provides an exception to an otherwise prohibited abortion based on a condition described by Section 170A.002(b)(2).
(b) It is an exception to the application of each law described by Subsection (a) that the death or injury of an unborn child resulted from treatment provided to a pregnant female based on a physician's reasonable medical judgment if the death of or injury to the unborn child was accidental or unintentional.
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History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 31), Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.170A.htm
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