As used in the Heartbeat Informed Consent Act: 1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device to cause the premature termination of the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead unborn child who died as the result of natural causes in utero, accidental trauma, or a criminal assault on the pregnant woman or her unborn child; 2. "Abortion provider" means any person legally qualified to perform an abortion under state law; 3. "Embryonic or fetal heartbeat" means embryonic or fetal cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the embryonic or fetal heart; 4. "Medical emergency" means a condition that, in reasonable medical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of the pregnant woman that it necessitates the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which the delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions. No condition shall be deemed a medical emergency if based on a claim or diagnosis that the woman will engage in conduct which she intends to result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function; 5. "Reasonable medical judgment" means a medical judgment that would be made by a reasonably prudent physician; 6. "Unborn child" means a member of the species Homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth; and 7. "Woman" means a female human being, whether or not she has reached the age of majority. Added by Laws 2012, c. 159, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. NOTE: The conditional repeal of this section by Laws 2021, c. 308, § 4, was itself repealed by Laws 2022, c. 133, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 2022.
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