Colorado § 25-6-402 - Definitions.
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§ 25-6-402. Definitions.
As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Abortion" means any medical procedure, instrument, agent, or drug used to terminate the pregnancy of an individual known or reasonably believed to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth.
(2) "Pregnancy" means the human reproductive process, beginning with the implantation of an embryo.
(3) "Public entity" has the same meaning as set forth in section 24-10-103 (5) and includes private contract prisons, as defined in section 17-1-102.
(4) "Reproductive health care" means health care and other medical services related to the reproductive processes, functions, and systems at all stages of life. It includes, but is not limited to, family planning and contraceptive care; abortion care; prenatal, postnatal, and delivery care; fertility care; sterilization services; and treatments for sexually transmitted infections and reproductive cancers.
Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (HB 22-1279), ch. 67, p. 330, § 2, effective April 4.
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