CHAPTER 3. IN VITRO FERTILIZED HUMAN EMBRYOS

§121. Human embryo; in vitro fertilization; definition

            Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and for the purposes of this Chapter the following definitions shall apply:

            (1) "Human embryo" means a fertilized human ovum that is biologically human, with certain rights granted by law, composed of one or more living human cells and human genetic material.

            (2) "In vitro fertilized human embryo" means a human embryo created through the in vitro fertilization process that has certain rights granted by law and is composed of one or more living human cells and human genetic material so unified and organized that it may develop in utero into an unborn child.

            (3) "Nonviable in vitro fertilized human embryo" means an in vitro fertilized human embryo that fails to meet necessary developmental milestones, except when the embryo is in a state of cryopreservation. An embryo shall not be deemed nonviable before seventy-two hours from fertilization. Viability of an in vitro fertilized human embryo is presumed unless it is deemed nonviable.

            Acts 1986, No. 964, §1; Acts 2025, No. 116, §1.