{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.042","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Post-fertilization age\" means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.\n(2) \"Severe fetal abnormality\" has the meaning assigned by Section 285.202.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff. October 29, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE H. PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 171. ABORTION","SUBCHAPTER C. ABORTION PROHIBITED AT OR AFTER 20 WEEKS POST-FERTILIZATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.171.htm#171.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a46b3dc35b31740a2beb8b00af5c76eb5e0ed619ca35644342aa5d4d5823ed10","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}