§ 35-6-122 — Definitions

Wyoming § 35-6-122

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 6: ABORTIONS

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Abortion" means the act of using or prescribing
any instrument, medicine, drug or any other substance, device or
means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable
pregnancy of a woman, including the elimination of one (1) or
more unborn babies in a multifetal pregnancy, with knowledge
that the termination by those means will, with reasonable
likelihood, cause the death of the unborn baby. "Abortion" shall
not include any use, prescription or means specified in this
paragraph if the use, prescription or means are done with the
intent to:
(A) Save the life or preserve the health of the
unborn baby;
(B) Remove a dead unborn baby caused by
spontaneous abortion or intrauterine fetal demise;
(C) Treat a woman for an ectopic pregnancy; or
(D) Treat a woman for cancer or another disease
that requires medical treatment which treatment may be fatal or
harmful to the unborn baby.
(ii) "Pregnant" means the human female reproductive
condition of having a living unborn baby or human being within a
human female's body throughout the entire embryonic and fetal
stages of the unborn human being from fertilization, when a
fertilized egg has implanted in the wall of the uterus, to full
gestation and childbirth;
(iii) "Reasonable medical judgment" means a medical
judgment that would be made by a reasonably prudent physician
who is knowledgeable about the case and the treatment
possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved;
(iv) "Unborn baby" or "unborn human being" means an
individual living member of the species homo sapiens throughout
the entire embryonic and fetal stages from fertilization to full
gestation and childbirth;
(v) "Ectopic pregnancy" means a pregnancy that occurs
when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the main cavity
of the uterus;
(vi) "Lethal fetal anomaly" means a fetal condition
diagnosed before birth and if the pregnancy results in a live
birth there is a substantial likelihood of death of the child
within hours of the child's birth;
(vii) "Molar pregnancy" means the development of a
tumor or cysts that may or may not include placental tissue from
trophoblastic cells after fertilization of an egg that results
in spontaneous abortion or intrauterine fetal demise;
(viii) "This act" means W.S. 35-6-120 through 35-6-
138.