Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171.152 : HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE — HEALTH — PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS — ABORTION — DISMEMBERMENT ABORTIONS — Dismemberment Abortions Prohibited TEXT PDF (a) A person may not intentionally perform a dismemberment abortion unless the dismemberment abortion is necessary in a medical emergency. (b) A woman on whom a dismemberment abortion is performed, an employee or agent acting under the direction of a physician who performs a dismemberment abortion, or a person who fills a prescription or provides equipment used in a dismemberment abortion does not violate Subsection (a). Tex. Health and Safety Code § 171.152 Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 441,Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2017.