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Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 171.101 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 171.101Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 171. ABORTION · Art. F. PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS

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In this subchapter:
(1)"Partial-birth abortion" means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion:
(A)for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus, deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until:
(i)for a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother; or
(ii)for a breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother; and
(B)performs the overt act described in Paragraph (A), other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially delivered living fetus.
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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Texas Health and Safety Code § 171.101 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.