Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.905

  • Abortion: means the intentional use of an instrument, drug, or other substance or device to terminate a woman's pregnancy for a purpose other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove a dead fetus. See Michigan Laws 722.902
  • Medical emergency: means that condition which, on the basis of a physician's good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate an immediate abortion of that woman's pregnancy to avert her death, or for which a delay in performing an abortion will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. See Michigan Laws 722.902

Section 5.

   The requirements of Section 3 do not apply to an abortion performed pursuant to a medical emergency.