Texas § HS.171.061 - DEFINITIONS

§ HS.171.061. DEFINITIONS

DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Abortion" has the meaning assigned by Section 245.002 . This definition, as applied in this subchapter, may not be construed to apply to an act done with the intent to treat a maternal disease or illness for which a prescribed drug, medicine, or other substance is indicated. (2) "Abortion-inducing drug" means a drug, a medicine, or any other substance, including a regimen of two or more drugs, medicines, or substances, prescribed, dispensed, or administered with the intent of terminating a clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman and with knowledge that the termination will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the woman's unborn child. The term includes off-label use of drugs, medicines, or other substances known to have abortion-inducing properties that are prescribed, dispensed, or administered with the intent of causing an abortion, including the Mifeprex regimen, misoprostol (Cytotec), and methotrexate. The term does not include a drug, medicine, or other substance that may be known to cause an abortion but is prescribed, dispensed, or administered for other medical reasons. (2-a) "Adverse event" or "abortion complication" means any harmful event or adverse outcome with respect to a patient related to an abortion, including the abortion complications listed in Section 171.006 , as added by Chapter 4 (H.B. 13), Acts of the 85th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2017. (3) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 10 (S.B. 4 ), Sec. 7(1), eff. December 2, 2021. (4) "Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed since the first day of a woman's last menstrual period. (5) "Medical abortion" means the administration or use of an abortion-inducing drug to induce an abortion, and may also be referred to as a "medication abortion," a "chemical abortion," a "drug-induced abortion," "RU-486," or the "Mifeprex regimen". (6) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 10 (S.B. 4 ), Sec. 7(1), eff. December 2, 2021. (7) "Physician" means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine in this state, including a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathic medicine. (8) "Pregnant" means the female reproductive condition of having an unborn child in a woman's uterus. (8-a) "Provide" means, as used with regard to abortion-inducing drugs, any act of giving, selling, dispensing, administering, transferring possession, or otherwise providing or prescribing an abortion-inducing drug. (9) "Unborn child" means an offspring of human beings from conception until birth. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 , Sec. 3, eff. October 29, 2013. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441 (S.B. 8 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 10 (S.B. 4 ), Sec. 3, eff. December 2, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 10 (S.B. 4 ), Sec. 7(1), eff. December 2, 2021.