Texas Penal Code, Chapter 19 – Criminal Homicide
Texas Penal Code, § 19. 06. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT
This chapter does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct
charged is:
- conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child;
- 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;
- 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
- the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law.
