1 First Degree Murder; Definition of Fetus and Exceptions. Amend RSA 630:1-a, V to read as follows:

V.(a) Nothing in paragraph IV shall apply to:

(1) *Any act committed by the pregnant woman;

(2) Any act committed at the request or direction of the pregnant woman or for the benefit of the pregnant woman;

(3) Any act performed by a physician or other medical professional in the course of such physician's or medical professional's professional duties, including but not limited to, an act that results in the termination of a pregnancy*; or

(4) (2) Any act taken in furtherance of the lawful dispensation or administration of prescription or nonprescription medication.

(b) In this section*:

(1) "Fetus" means an unborn offspring, from the embryo stage which is the end of the twentieth eighth week after conception or, in the case of in vitro fertilization, the end of the twentieth* eighth week after implantation, until birth.

*(2) "Pregnant" means the female reproductive condition of having one or more developing embryos or fetuses implanted in the uterus or elsewhere in the female body.

(3) "Pregnancy" means one or more developing embryos or fetuses implanted in the uterus or elsewhere in the female body.*

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

1 First Degree Murder; Definition of Fetus and Exceptions. Amend RSA 630:1-a, V to read as follows:

V.(a) Nothing in paragraph IV shall apply to:

(1) Any act performed by a physician or other medical professional in the course of such physician's or medical professional's professional duties; or

(2) Any act taken in furtherance of the lawful dispensation or administration of prescription or nonprescription medication.

(b) In this section "Fetus" means an unborn offspring, from the embryo stage which is the end of the eighth week after conception or, in the case of in vitro fertilization, the end of the eighth week after implantation, until birth.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.