TITLE X
PUBLIC HEALTH

CHAPTER 132
PROTECTION FOR MATERNITY AND INFANCY

Live-Birth Infants Protection Act

Section 132:23

    132:23 Definition. –
I. In this subdivision "live-birth" means the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of a human conception, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which after such expulsion or extraction, breathes, or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached.
II. The definition under paragraph I shall apply whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion.

Source. 2001, 219:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2001.