Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.043 · Subchapter C. ABORTION PROHIBITED AT OR AFTER 20 WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION
DETERMINATION OF POST-FERTILIZATION AGE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as otherwise provided by Section 171.046, a physician may not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion without, prior to the procedure:
(1) making a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child; or
(2) possessing and relying on a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child made by another physician.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff. October 29, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.171.htm
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