Texas Penal Code

§ 22.12 — APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT

PE § 22.12Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES

Statute text

This chapter does not apply to conduct charged as having been committed against an individual who is an unborn child if the conduct is:

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

(2)a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other health care provider with the requisite consent;

(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. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.