{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-19.06","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 19.06","heading":"APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT.","body":"This chapter does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct charged is:\n(1) conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child;\n(2) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent, if the death of the unborn child was the intended result of the procedure;\n(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\n(4) the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON","CHAPTER 19. CRIMINAL HOMICIDE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.19.htm#19.06","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"b35c4e0418e623bab10b702f8745be4b68cec739a3549da8343250296149e517","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-19.05","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-20.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}