Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 6-18-2202 - DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) "Abortion" means the act of using or prescribing an instrument, medicine, drug, device, or other substance or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child.(B) An action taken under subdivision (1)(A) of this section is not an abortion if the action taken is performed with the intent to:(i) Save the life of the mother;(ii) Save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child;(iii) Remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion; or(iv) Remove an ectopic pregnancy;(2) "Abortion referral" means the act of recommending a pregnant woman to a doctor, clinic, or other person or entity for the purpose of obtaining or learning about obtaining an abortion;(3) "Affiliate" means an individual or entity that, directly or indirectly, owns, controls, is controlled by, or is under the common control of another person or entity, in whole or in part, or a subsidiary, parent, or sibling entity; and(4) "Transaction" means a formal or informal agreement, contract, or arrangement of any kind between a public school or open-enrollment public charter school and a private entity, regardless of whether the private entity or the public school or open-enrollment public charter school receives anything of value in return.Added by Act 2021, No. 820,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.