Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 4512.6 · Chapter 6-1/2. ABORTION
EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following article was held to have been impliedly repealed in McCorvey v. Hill, 385 F.3d 846 (5th Cir. 2004).
In Section 2, Chapter 62 (S.B. 8), and Section 4, Chapter 800 (H.B. 1280), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, the legislature finds that the state statutes enacted before the ruling in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), that prohibit and criminalize abortion unless the mother's life is in danger, have not been repealed by the legislature, either expressly or by implication.
(a) It is an exception to the application of this chapter that an abortion is procured, performed, or attempted due to a medical emergency.
(b) In this article, "medical emergency" means a condition described by Section 170A.002(b)(2), Health and Safety Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1925, 39th Leg., R.S., S.B. 7, eff. September 1, 1925. Transferred from Art. 1196, Penal Code of Texas, 1925, by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 399 (S.B. 34), pg. 996e, eff. January 1, 1974.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 758 (S.B. 31), Sec. 14, eff. June 20, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CV/htm/CV.71.6-1_2.htm
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