Georgia § 31-9B-1 - Definitions.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 31-9B-1 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-9B-1. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the term: "Abortion" has the meaning provided by Code Section 31-9A-2. "Medical emergency" has the meaning provided by Code Section 31-9A-2. "Medically futile" means that, in reasonable medical judgment, the unborn child has a profound and irremediable congenital or chromosomal anomaly that is incompatible with sustaining life after birth. "Physician" has the meaning provided by Code Section 31-9A-2. "Probable gestational age of the unborn child" means what will, in reasonable medical judgment and with reasonable probability, be the postfertilization age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed or induced, as dated from the time of fertilization of the human ovum. "Reasonable medical judgment" means a medical judgment that would be made by a reasonably prudent physician, knowledgeable about the case and the treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved. "Unborn child" has the meaning provided by Code Section 31-9A-2 . (Code 1981, § 31-9B-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2012, p. 575, § 3/HB 954.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2012, the subsection (a) designation was removed as there was not a subsection (b).
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