Texas Penal Code

§ 19.06 — APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT

PE § 19.06Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 19. CRIMINAL HOMICIDE

Statute text

This chapter does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct charged is:

(1)conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child;

(2)a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent, if the death of the unborn child was the intended result of the procedure;

(3)a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent as part of an assisted reproduction as defined by Section 160.102, Family Code; or

(4)the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.