1 U.S. Code: § 8 “Person”, “human being”, “child”, and “individual” as including born-alive infant
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(a)
In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress,
or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various
administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the words
“person”, “human being”, “child”, and “individual”, shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development.
(b)
As used in this section, the term “born alive”,
with respect to a member of the species homo sapiens, means the
complete expulsion or extraction from his or her mother of that member,
at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction
breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or
definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the
umbilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or
extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean
section, or induced abortion.
(c)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to
affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal right
applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at any point prior
to being “born alive” as defined in this section.
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