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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.043

DETERMINATION OF POST-FERTILIZATION AGE REQUIRED

Known as the Preborn Pain Act

The act spans §§ 171–171 (8 sections).

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff

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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.