Except as otherwise provided by Section 171.046, a person may not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a woman if it has been determined, by the physician performing, inducing, or attempting to perform or induce the abortion or by another physician on whose determination that physician relies, that the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 or more weeks.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.044
ABORTION OF UNBORN CHILD OF 20 OR MORE WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION AGE PROHIBITED
Known as the Preborn Pain Act
The act spans §§ 171–171 (8 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Whole Woman's Health v. Paxton (2017)
Most recently applied in Whole Woman's Health v. Paxton (November 2017)
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.