{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-22.12","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 22.12","heading":"APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT.","body":"This chapter does not apply to conduct charged as having been committed against an individual who is an unborn child if the conduct is:\n(1) committed by the mother of the unborn child;\n(2) a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other health care provider with the requisite consent;\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. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON","CHAPTER 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.22.htm#22.12","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"3174e0dacc8b0638c4d587f5ea9cf8a0177330c8b9f872ba8912209989a83234","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-22.11","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-25.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}