Sec. 19.06. Applicability to Certain Conduct
This chapter does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct charged is:
(1)
conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child;
(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;
(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
(4)
the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.