Section 123464 Of Article 2.5. Reproductive Privacy Act From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 106. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.5.
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. The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this
chapter:
(a) "Abortion" means any medical treatment intended to induce the
termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live
birth.
(b) "Pregnancy" means the human reproductive process, beginning
with the implantation of an embryo.
(c) "State" means the State of California, and every county, city,
town and municipal corporation, and quasi-municipal corporation in
the state.
(d) "Viability" means the point in a pregnancy when, in the good
faith medical judgment of a physician, on the particular facts of the
case before that physician, there is a reasonable likelihood of the
fetus' sustained survival outside the uterus without the application
of extraordinary medical measures.