(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), a physician or an individual performing an act, task, or function under the delegatory authority of a physician shall not perform a partial-birth abortion, even if the abortion is otherwise permitted by law.
  (2) A physician or an individual described in subsection (1) may perform a partial-birth abortion if the physician or other individual reasonably believes that performing the partial-birth abortion is necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury and that no other medical procedure will accomplish that purpose.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.17516

  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Physician: means an individual who is licensed or authorized under this article to engage in the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery. See Michigan Laws 333.17501
  (3) This section does not create a right to abortion.
  (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a person shall not perform an abortion that is prohibited by law.
  (5) As used in this section:
  (a) “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. Abortion does not include a procedure to complete a spontaneous abortion or the use or prescription of a drug or device intended as a contraceptive.
  (b) “Fetus” means an individual organism of the species homo sapiens at any time before complete delivery from a pregnant woman.
  (c) “Partial-birth abortion” means an abortion in which the physician or individual acting under the delegatory authority of the physician performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery.