North Dakota Code 14-02.6-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 14-02.6-01
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. “Partially born” means the living intact fetus’s body, with the entire head attached, is delivered so that any of the following has occurred:
a. The living intact fetus’s entire head, in the case of a cephalic presentation, or any portion of the living intact fetus’s torso above the navel, in the case of a breech presentation, is delivered past the mother’s vaginal opening; or
b. The living intact fetus’s entire head, in the case of a cephalic presentation, or any portion of the living intact fetus’s torso above the navel, in the case of a breech presentation, is delivered outside the mother’s abdominal wall.
2. “Sharp curettage or suction curettage abortion” means an abortion in which the developing child and products of conception are evacuated from the uterus with a sharp curettage or through a suction cannula with an attached vacuum apparatus.