FINDINGS
Known as the Texas Midwifery Act
The act spans §§ 203–203 (39 sections).
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff
The legislature finds:
(1) a parent has the responsibility and right to give birth where and with whom the parent chooses;
(2) childbirth is a natural process of the human body and not a disease; and
(3) midwifery has been practiced in this state since the days of the Republic.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.