Terms Used In Utah Code 76-7-327

• Abortion: means the act, by a physician, of using an instrument, or prescribing a drug, with the intent to cause the death of an unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant, except as permitted under this part. See Utah Code 76-7-301
• Conduct: means an act or omission. See Utah Code 76-1-101.5
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Father: means a parent who is of the male sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Mother: means a parent who is of the female sex. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• Partial birth abortion: means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion:
            (11)(a)(i) deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus; and
            (11)(a)(ii) performs the overt act, other than completion of delivery, that kills the partially living fetus. See Utah Code 76-7-301
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.