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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-16-702

Definitions

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Edwards v. Beck (2013)

Most recently applied in Edwards v. Beck (May 2013)

Acts 1985, No. 268, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2562; Acts 2019, No. 700, § 2.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Abortion” means the intentional termination of the pregnancy of a mother with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth or to remove a dead or dying fetus;

(2) “Physician” means any person licensed to practice medicine in this state; and

(3) “Viability” means the state of fetal development when, in the judgment of the physician based on the particular facts of the case before him or her and in light of the most advanced medical technology and information available to him or her, there is a reasonable likelihood of sustained survival of the unborn child outside the body of the mother, with or without artificial life support.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.