''Person'', ''human being'', ''child'', and
''individual'' as including born-alive infant
(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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