2011 Kansas Code
Chapter 21. - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
Article 34. - CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS
21-3452 Application of certain crimes to an unborn child.

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.