12.1-39-01. Definitions

12.1-39-01. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Fetus" means a living organism of the species homo sapiens from eight weeks' development until complete expulsion or extraction from a woman's body, or until removal from an artificial womb or other similar environment designed to nurture the development of such organism. 2. "Human cloning" means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by introducing the genetic material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte, the nucleus of which has been or will be removed or inactivated, to produce a living organism with a human or predominantly human genetic constitution. 3. "Human embryo" means a living organism of the species homo sapiens from the single-celled state to eight weeks' development. 4. "Human somatic cell" means a cell having a complete set of chromosomes obtained from a living or deceased human organism of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development. 5. "Oocyte" means a human female germ cell, also known as an egg.