Definitions

For the purposes of this Act only: COL10312014 CH. 91 INFANT CHILD’S RIGHT TO LIFE ACT

(a)Abortion means the termination of a human pregnancy with an intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead fetus.

(b)Born alive or live birth means the complete expulsion or extraction of an infant from his or her mother, regardless of the state of gestational development, that, after expulsion or extraction, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion, shows any evidence of life, including, but not limited to, one or more of the following:

(1)breathing;

(2)a heartbeat;

(3)umbilical cord pulsation; or

(4)definite movement of voluntary muscles.

(c)Consent means knowledge of and explicit or implicit agreement to or instruction to perform a violation of this Act.

(d)Facility or medical facility means any public or private hospital, clinic, center, medical school, medical training institution, healthcare facility, physician's office, infirmary, dispensary, ambulatory surgical treatment center, or other institution or location wherein medical care is provided to any person.

(e)Infant, for the purposes of this Act, and as used in this Act, means a child of the species homo sapiens that has been completely expulsed or extracted from its mother, regardless of the stage of gestational development, until the age of thirty

(30)days post birth. An infant is also a human being for purposes of Chapter 16 of Title 9, Guam Code Annotated.

(f)Premature or preterm means occurring prior to the thirtyseventh

(37th)week of gestation.