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.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff. October 29, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle H - Public Health Provisions
Subchapter C. Abortion Prohibited at or After 20 Weeks Post-Fertilization
Section 171.043. Determination of Post-Fertilization Age Required
Section 171.044. Abortion of Unborn Child of 20 or More Weeks Post-Fertilization Age Prohibited
Section 171.045. Method of Abortion