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2014 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Section 5A Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
Section 30-5A-2 Definitions.
NM Stat § 30-5A-2 (2014) What's This?
30-5A-2. Definitions.
As used in the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act [30-5A-1 NMSA 1978]:
A. "abortion" means the intentional termination of the pregnancy of a female by a person who knows the female is pregnant;
B. "fetus" means the biological offspring of human parents;
C. "partial-birth abortion" means a procedure in which any person, including a physician or other health care professional, intentionally extracts an independently viable fetus from the uterus into the vagina and mechanically extracts the cranial contents of the fetus in order to induce death; and
D. "physician" means a person licensed to practice in the state as a licensed physician pursuant to the Medical Practice Act [61-6-1 NMSA 1978] or an osteopathic physician licensed pursuant to Chapter 61, Article 10 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 2000, ch. 55, 2.
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