Texas Statutes
§ 171.016 — INFORMATION RELATING TO CHARACTERISTICS OF UNBORN CHILD.
Texas § 171.016
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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 171.016 (2026).
Text
Sec. 171.016. INFORMATION RELATING TO CHARACTERISTICS OF UNBORN CHILD.
(a)The informational materials must include materials designed to inform the woman of the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at two-week gestational increments from the time when a woman can be known to be pregnant to full term, including any relevant information on the possibility of the unborn child's survival.
(b)The materials must include color pictures representing the development of the child at two-week gestational increments. The pictures must contain the dimensions of the unborn child and must be realistic.
(c)The materials provided under this section must be objective and nonjudgmental and be designed to convey only accurate scientific information about the unborn chil
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 999, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Nearby Sections
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§ 171.001
SHORT TITLE.§ 171.002
DEFINITIONS.§ 171.003
PHYSICIAN TO PERFORM.§ 171.0031
REQUIREMENTS OF PHYSICIAN; OFFENSE.§ 171.005
COMMISSION TO ENFORCE; EXCEPTION.§ 171.008
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION.§ 171.011
INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED.§ 171.012
VOLUNTARY AND INFORMED CONSENT.§ 171.0121
MEDICAL RECORD.§ 171.0122
VIEWING PRINTED MATERIALS AND SONOGRAM IMAGE; HEARING HEART AUSCULTATION OR VERBAL EXPLANATION.§ 171.0123
PATERNITY AND CHILD SUPPORT INFORMATION.§ 171.0124
EXCEPTION FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY.§ 171.013
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