Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 4512.5 · Chapter 6-1/2. ABORTION
DESTROYING UNBORN CHILD.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Whoever shall during parturition of the mother destroy the vitality or life in a child in a state of being born and before actual birth, which child would otherwise have been born alive, shall be confined in the penitentiary for life or for not less than five years.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1925, 39th Leg., R.S., S.B. 7, eff. September 1, 1925. Transferred from Art. 1195, Penal Code of Texas, 1925, by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 399 (S.B. 34), pg. 996e, eff. January 1, 1974.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CV/htm/CV.71.6-1_2.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 3312f970e2c5bd8efe80a1203b95b0da220b51e46fcb4022cdfb59e9d3ea22cc
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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