As used in this subchapter:(1)(A) 'Abortion' means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant.(B) However, 'abortion' does not include the termination of a pregnancy if the termination is intended to:(i) Increase the probability of a live birth;(ii) Preserve the life or health of the child after live birth; or(iii) Remove a dead fetus who died as the result of a spontaneous miscarriage;(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 termination of a pregnancy in this state;(3) 'Gestational age' means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman;(4) 'Medical emergency' means any condition that on the basis of the physician's good-faith clinical judgment so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant female that: (A) The immediate abortion of her pregnancy is necessary to prevent her death; or(B) A delay will sician's good-faith clinical judgment so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant female that: (A) The immediate abortion of her pregnancy is necessary to prevent her death; or(B) A delay will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant female;(5) 'Physician' means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., and a person authorized to practice osteopathy under § 17-91-101 et seq.;(6) 'Probable gestational age' means the age that with reasonable probability in the judgment of a physician will be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed; and(7) 'Unborn child' means a member of the species Homo sapiens from fertilization until birth.Acts 2005, No. 1696, § 1.
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