Texas Family Code - Section 151.002. Rights Of A Living Child After An Abortion Or Premature Birth
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§ 151.002. RIGHTS OF A LIVING CHILD AFTER AN ABORTION OR
PREMATURE BIRTH. (a) A living human child born alive after an
abortion or premature birth is entitled to the same rights, powers,
and privileges as are granted by the laws of this state to any other
child born alive after the normal gestation period.
(b) In this code, "born alive" means the complete expulsion
or extraction from its mother of a product of conception,
irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such
separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as
beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite
movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord
has been cut or the placenta is attached. Each product of the birth
is considered born alive.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Renumbered from § 151.004 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, §
2.13, eff. June 14, 2001.
Section: 110.004 110.005 110.006 111.001 111.002 111.003 151.001 151.002 151.003 152.001 152.002 152.101 152.102 152.103 152.104
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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