Texas Statutes
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 203.003. Findings

Sec. 203.003. FINDINGS. 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.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.