{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-16-1102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-16-1102","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) \"Abortion\" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant. (B) However, \"abortion\" does not include the termination of a pregnancy if the termination is intended to: (i) Increase the probability of a live birth; (ii) Preserve the life or health of the child after live birth; or (iii) Remove a dead fetus who died as the result of a spontaneous miscarriage; (2) \"Attempt to perform an abortion\" means an act or an omission of a statutorily required act that under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the termination of a pregnancy in this state; (3) \"Gestational age\" means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman; (4) \"Medical emergency\" means any condition that on the basis of the physician's good-faith clinical judgment so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant female that: (A) The immediate abortion of her pregnancy is necessary to prevent her death; or (B) A delay will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant female; (5) \"Physician\" means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., and a person authorized to practice osteopathy under § 17-91-101 et seq.; (6) \"Probable gestational age\" means the age that with reasonable probability in the judgment of a physician will be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed; and (7) \"Unborn child\" means a member of the species Homo sapiens from fertilization until birth. Acts 2005, No. 1696, § 1.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) (A) \"Abortion\" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant. (B) However, \"abortion\" does not include the termination of a pregnancy if the termination is intended to: (i) Increase the probability of a live birth; (ii) Preserve the life or health of the child after live birth; or (iii) Remove a dead fetus who died as the result of a spontaneous miscarriage;\n\n(A) \"Abortion\" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant.\n\n(B) However, \"abortion\" does not include the termination of a pregnancy if the termination is intended to: (i) Increase the probability of a live birth; (ii) Preserve the life or health of the child after live birth; or (iii) Remove a dead fetus who died as the result of a spontaneous miscarriage;\nother substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant.\n\n(B) However, \"abortion\" does not include the termination of a pregnancy if the termination is intended to: (i) Increase the probability of a live birth; (ii) Preserve the life or health of the child after live birth; or (iii) Remove a dead fetus who died as the result of a spontaneous miscarriage;\n\n(i) Increase the probability of a live birth;\n\n(ii) Preserve the life or health of the child after live birth; or\n\n(iii) Remove a dead fetus who died as the result of a spontaneous miscarriage;\n\n(2) \"Attempt to perform an abortion\" means an act or an omission of a statutorily required act that under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the termination of a pregnancy in this state;\n\n(3) \"Gestational age\" means the age of the unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman;\n\n(4) \"Medical emergency\" means any condition that on the basis of the physician's good-faith clinical judgment so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant female that: (A) The immediate abortion of her pregnancy is necessary to prevent her death; or (B) A delay will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant female;\n\n(A) The immediate abortion of her pregnancy is necessary to prevent her death; or\n\n(B) A delay will create a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant female;\n\n(5) \"Physician\" means a person authorized or licensed to practice medicine under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., and a person authorized to practice osteopathy under § 17-91-101 et seq.;\n\n(6) \"Probable gestational age\" means the age that with reasonable probability in the judgment of a physician will be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed; and\n\n(7) \"Unborn child\" means a member of the species Homo sapiens from fertilization until birth.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 16","Subchapter 11"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"8a19bcef4fc94bd03302176f99813c435e3eff9e409640eae305084daf919bab","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-16-1101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-16-1103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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