Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 50 > Chapter 20 > Part 9 - Licensure and Regulation of Abortion Clinics

• Abortion: means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead fetus. See Montana Code 50-20-104
• Abortion clinic: means a facility that:

  (i)performs surgical abortion procedures; or

  (ii)provides an abortion-inducing drug. See Montana Code 50-20-901

• Abortion-inducing drug: means a medicine, drug, or other substance provided with the intent of terminating the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman. See Montana Code 50-20-901
• Affiliate: means an organization that directly or indirectly:

  (a)owns or controls another organization;

  (b)is owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by another organization;

  (c)is related by shareholdings or other means of control to another organization;

  (d)is a parent or subsidiary of another organization; or

  (e)is under common control with another organization. See Montana Code 50-20-901

• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Department: means the department of public health and human services provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 50-20-104
• Facility: means a hospital, health care facility, physician's office, or other place in which an abortion is performed. See Montana Code 50-20-104
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Sex: means the organization of the body parts and gametes for reproduction in human beings and other organisms. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201