Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.102 · Subchapter F. PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS
PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A physician or other person may not knowingly perform a partial-birth abortion.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a physician who performs a partial-birth abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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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.171.htm
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