Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.046 · Subchapter C. ABORTION PROHIBITED AT OR AFTER 20 WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION
EXCEPTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The prohibitions and requirements under Sections 171.043, 171.044, and 171.045(b) do not apply to an abortion performed if, in the physician's reasonable medical judgment, the abortion is necessary due to a medical emergency and necessitates, as applicable:
(1) the immediate abortion of her pregnancy without the delay necessary to determine the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child;
(2) the abortion of her pregnancy even though the post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 or more weeks; or
(3) the use of a method of abortion other than a method described by Section 171.045(b).
(b) A physician may not take an action authorized under Subsection (a) if the medical emergency arises from a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct that may result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function.
(c) The prohibitions and requirements under Sections 171.043, 171.044, and 171.045(b) do not apply to an abortion performed on an unborn child who has a severe fetal abnormality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff. October 29, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 31), Sec. 6, eff. June 20, 2025.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.043DETERMINATION OF POST-FERTILIZATION AGE REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 171.043, 171.044, and 171.045(b)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.044ABORTION OF UNBORN CHILD OF 20 OR MORE WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION AGE PROHIBITED.Printed as Sections 171.043, 171.044, and 171.045(b)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.045METHOD OF ABORTION.Printed as Section 171.045(b) | Sections 171.043, 171.044, and 171.045(b)
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.043DETERMINATION OF POST-FERTILIZATION AGE REQUIRED.Printed as Section 171.046
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.044ABORTION OF UNBORN CHILD OF 20 OR MORE WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION AGE PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 171.046
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.045METHOD OF ABORTION.Printed as Section 171.046(a)(1) | Section 171.046(a)(3)
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