Guam § 17 - Definitions.
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§ 17. Definitions.
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms are defined to
mean:
(a) person shall not include the pregnant woman whose unborn
child is harmed;
(b) unborn child shall mean a child in utero, and the term “child
in utero” or “child, who is in utero” means a member of the species
homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.
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