This section makes buying or selling or attempting to buy or sell fetal tissue a state jail felony. It includes some exceptions for research or criminal investigations.

This section specifically protects the patient who obtains an abortion from civil, criminal, or administrative liability.

This section makes performing or attempting an abortion a first or second degree felony.

This section makes it a class A misdemeanor for a physician to perform an abortion without holding admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles.
Note: these restrictions were found to be an "undue burden" on abortion access by the Supreme Court in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, 579 U.S. 582 (2016).

This section makes intentionally performing an abortion without providing the required sonogram and informational materials a misdemeanor offense.

This section makes providing a medical abortion in violation of Subchapter D of this chapter a state jail felony.

This section makes performing a "partial-birth" abortion as described in Section 171.102 a state jail felony.

This section makes performing a "dismemberment" abortion as described by Section 171.151 a state jail felony.

This section makes it a class A misdemeanor to solicit donations of human fetal tissue.

A physician who fails to report performing an abortion as required by this section commits a class A misdemeanor.

Sections 4512.1-.4 and .6 were found to be "implicitly repealed" by a 5th Circuit Court decision in 2004 related to the original Roe v. Wade ruling. However, they were never formally repealed and removed from the statutes. After the Dobbs ruling, Attorney General Ken Paxton stated that they could be enforced. These laws create some criminal penalties for performing abortions or providing the means for abortions.