As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.“Abortion” means the termination of a human pregnancy with the intent other than to
produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.
2.“Attempt to perform an abortion” means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required
act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial
step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performing of an abortion.
3.“Department” means the department of health and human services.
4.“Fertilization” means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
5.“Major bodily function” includes but is not limited to functions of the immune
system, normal cell growth, and digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory,
circulatory
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Abortion” means the termination of a human pregnancy with the intent other than to
produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.
2. “Attempt to perform an abortion” means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required
act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial
step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performing of an abortion.
3. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
4. “Fertilization” means the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
5. “Major bodily function” includes but is not limited to functions of the immune
system, normal cell growth, and digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory,
circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive functions.
6. “Medical emergency” means a situation in which an abortion is performed to preserve
the life of the pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical
illness, or physical injury, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or
arising from the pregnancy, or when continuation of the pregnancy will create a serious risk
of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.
7. “Medical facility” means any public or private hospital, clinic, center, medical school,
medical training institution, health care facility, physician’s office, infirmary, dispensary,
ambulatory surgical center, or other institution or location where medical care is provided
to any person.
8. “Perform”, “performed”, or “performing”, relative to an abortion, means the use of any
means, including medical or surgical, to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with the intent other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.
9. “Physician” means a person licensed under chapter 148.
10. “Postfertilization age” means the age of the unborn child as calculated from
fertilization.
11. “Probable postfertilization age” means what, in reasonable medical judgment, will
with reasonable probability be the postfertilization age of the unborn child at the time the
abortion is to be performed.
12. “Reasonable medical judgment” means a medical judgment made by a reasonably
prudent physician who is knowledgeable about the case and the treatment possibilities with
respect to the medical conditions involved.
13. “Unborn child” means an individual organism of the species homo sapiens from
fertilization until live birth.