18-601 Interpretation of State Statutes and the State Constitution
18-602 Legislative Findings and Intent
18-603 Advertising Medicines or Other Means for Preventing Conception, or Facilitating Miscarriage or Abortion
18-604 Definitions
18-605 Unlawful Abortions — Procurement of — Penalty
18-606 Unlawful Abortions — Accomplice or Accessory — Submitting to — Penalty
18-607 Abortifacients — Unauthorized Sale
18-608 Certain Abortions Permitted — Conditions and Guidelines
18-608A Persons Authorized to Perform Abortions
18-609 Physicians and Hospitals Not to Incur Civil Liability — Consent to Abortion — Notice
18-609A Consent Required for Abortions for Minors
18-609F Reporting by Courts
18-609G Statistical Records
18-610 Refusal to Consent by Pregnant Woman — Effect
18-611 Freedom of Conscience for Health Care Professionals
18-612 Refusal to Perform Abortions — Physicians and Hospitals Not Liable
18-613 Partial-Birth Abortions Prohibited
18-614 Defenses to Prosecution
18-615 Criminal Act to Coerce or Attempt to Coerce a Woman to Obtain an Abortion
18-616 Severability
18-617 Chemical Abortions
18-618 Civil Causes of Action
18-619 Anonymity of Female
18-620 Construction
18-621 Severability
18-622 Defense of Life Act
18-623 Abortion Trafficking

Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 18 > Chapter 6 - Abortion and Contraceptives

  • Abortion: means the use of any means to intentionally terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the death of the unborn child except that, for the purposes of this chapter, abortion shall not mean:
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  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Down syndrome: means a chromosomal disorder associated either with an extra chromosome 21, in whole or in part, or an effective trisomy for chromosome 21. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Emancipated: means any minor who has been married or is in active military service. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • First trimester of pregnancy: means the first thirteen (13) weeks of a pregnancy. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Hospital: means an acute care general hospital in this state, licensed as provided in chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Informed consent: means a voluntary and knowing decision to undergo a specific procedure or treatment. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Medical emergency: means a condition that, on the basis of the physician’s good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Minor: means a woman under eighteen (18) years of age. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
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  • Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state as provided in chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Second trimester of pregnancy: means that portion of a pregnancy following the thirteenth week and preceding the point in time when the fetus becomes viable, and there is hereby created a legal presumption that the second trimester does not end before the commencement of the twenty-fifth week of pregnancy, upon which presumption any licensed physician may proceed in lawfully aborting a patient pursuant to section 18-608, Idaho Code, in which case the same shall be conclusive and unrebuttable in all civil or criminal proceedings. See Idaho Code 18-604
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Third trimester of pregnancy: means that portion of a pregnancy from and after the point in time when the fetus becomes viable. See Idaho Code 18-604