Guam § 31 - Abortion: Defined. Abortion means the purposeful

§ 31. Abortion: Defined. Abortion means the purposeful

termination of a human pregnancy after implantation of a fertilized

ovum by any person including the pregnant woman herself with an

intention other than to produce a live birth or to remove a dead

unborn fetus. Abortion does not mean the medical intervention in (i)

an ectopic pregnancy, or (ii) in a pregnancy at any time after the

commencement of pregnancy if two (2) physicians who practice

independently of each other reasonably determine using all available

means that there is a substantial risk that continuance of the

pregnancy would endanger the life of the mother or would gravely

impair the health of the mother, any such termination of pregnancy

to be subsequently reviewed by a peer review committee designated

by the Guam Medical Licensure Board, and in either case such an

operation is performed by a physician licensed to practice medicine

in Guam or by a physician practicing medicine in the employ of the

government of the United States, in an adequately equipped medical

clinic or in a hospital approved or operated by the government of the

United States or of Guam.