125.05 - Homicide, abortion and related offenses; definitions of terms.

§ 125.05 Homicide, abortion and related offenses; definitions of terms.    The following definitions are applicable to this article:    1. "Person," when referring to the victim of a homicide, means a human  being who has been born and is alive.    2.  "Abortional  act" means an act committed upon or with respect to a  female, whether by another person or by the female herself, whether  she  is   pregnant  or  not,  whether  directly  upon  her  body  or  by  the  administering, taking or prescription of drugs or in any  other  manner,  with intent to cause a miscarriage of such female.    3. "Justifiable abortional act." An abortional act is justifiable when  committed  upon  a  female with her consent by a duly licensed physician  acting (a) under a reasonable belief that such is necessary to  preserve  her  life, or, (b) within twenty-four weeks from the commencement of her  pregnancy. A pregnant female's commission  of  an  abortional  act  upon  herself  is justifiable when she acts upon the advice of a duly licensed  physician (1) that such act is necessary to preserve her life,  or,  (2)  within  twenty-four  weeks  from  the commencement of her pregnancy. The  submission by a female to an abortional  act  is  justifiable  when  she  believes that it is being committed by a duly licensed physician, acting  under  a  reasonable  belief  that such act is necessary to preserve her  life,  or,  within  twenty-four  weeks  from  the  commencement  of  her  pregnancy.