Kan. Stat. § 21-5419 : — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTSCRIMES AGAINST PERSONS —5419 - Application of certain crimes to an unborn child
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Abortion" means an abortion as defined by
K.S.A. 65-6701, and amendments thereto; and
(2) "unborn child" means a living individual organism of the species homo sapiens, in utero, at any stage of gestation from fertilization to birth.
(b) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Any act committed by the mother of the unborn child;
(2) any medical procedure, including abortion, performed by a physician or other licensed medical professional at the request of the pregnant woman or her legal guardian; or
(3) the lawful dispensation or administration of lawfully prescribed medication.
(c) As used in K.S.A. 2021 Supp.
21-5401,
21-5402,
21-5403,
21-5404,
21-5405,
21-5406 and subsections (a) and (b) of 21-5413, and amendments thereto, "person" and "human being" also mean an unborn child.
(d) This section shall be known as Alexa's law.
K.S.A. 21-5419
L. 2007, ch. 169, § 4; May 17; L. 2010, ch. 136, § 54, 7/1/2011.