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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Penal Code § 22.12: APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT.

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  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
  3. 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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