Texas Statutes
§ 171.044 — ABORTION OF UNBORN CHILD OF 20 OR MORE WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION AGE PROHIBITED.
Texas § 171.044
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Bluebook
Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 171.044 (2026).
Text
Sec. 171.044. ABORTION OF UNBORN CHILD OF 20 OR MORE WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION AGE PROHIBITED. 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.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 , Sec. 3, eff. October 29, 2013.
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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