21-3452.   Application of certain crimes to an unborn child. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as Alexa's law.

      (b)   As used in this section:

      (1)   "Abortion" means an abortion as defined by K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto.

      (2)   "Unborn child" means a living individual organism of the species homo sapiens, in utero, at any stage of gestation from fertilization to birth.

      (c)   This section shall not apply to:

      (1)   Any act committed by the mother of the unborn child;

      (2)   any medical procedure, including abortion, performed by a physician or other licensed medical professional at the request of the pregnant woman or her legal guardian; or

      (3)   the lawful dispensation or administration of lawfully prescribed medication.

      (d)   As used in K.S.A. 21-3401, 21-3402, 21-3403, 21-3404, 21-3405, 21-3412, 21-3414, 21-3439 and 21-3442, and amendments thereto, "person" and "human being" also mean an unborn child.

      (e)   The provisions of this act shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.

      History:   L. 2007, ch. 169, § 4; May 17.