{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.043","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.043","heading":"DETERMINATION OF POST-FERTILIZATION AGE REQUIRED.","body":"Except as otherwise provided by Section 171.046, a physician may not perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion without, prior to the procedure:\n(1) making a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child; or\n(2) possessing and relying on a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child made by another physician.\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#171.043","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"45df3c44835e39254a192a3ca3473511e9b96bde1b928fee5aa0d35d3c3d6cfb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-171.044"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}