Tex. Penal Code § 22.12: APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT.
Where this section sits in the code
- PENAL CODE
- TITLE 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
- CHAPTER 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES
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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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