Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 171.201 — DEFINITIONS

HS § 171.201Title 2. HEALTH · Part H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS · Ch. 171. ABORTION · Art. H. DETECTION OF FETAL HEARTBEAT

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac.

(2)"Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period.

(3)"Gestational sac" means the structure comprising the extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy.

(4)"Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state, including a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathic medicine.

(5)"Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition that:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (S.B. 8), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.