§ 25-6-402 — Definitions

Colorado § 25-6-402

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Family Planning

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Abortion means any medical procedure, instrument, agent, or drug used
to terminate the pregnancy of an individual known or reasonably believed to be
pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth.

(2) Pregnancy means the human reproductive process, beginning with the
implantation of an embryo.

(3) Public entity has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-10-103 (5)
and includes private contract prisons, as defined in section 17-1-102.

(4) Reproductive health care means health care and other medical services
related to the reproductive processes, functions, and systems at all stages of life. It
includes, but is not limited to, family planning and contraceptive care; abortion care;
prenatal, postnatal, and delivery care; fertility care; sterilization services; and
treatments for sexually transmitted infections and reproductive cancers.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (HB 22-1279), ch. 67, p. 330, � 2, effective April 4.