Tex. Pen. Code § 22.12

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 22.12 - Applicability to Certain Conduct

This chapter does not apply to conduct charged as having been committed against an individual who is an unborn child if the conduct is:

(1) committed by the mother of the unborn child;
(2) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other health care provider with the requisite consent;
(3) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent as part of an assisted reproduction as defined by Section 160.102, Family Code; or
(4) the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law.

Tex. Pen. Code § 22.12

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.04, eff. 9/1/2003.