Kentucky Revised Statutes Title L. Kentucky Penal Code § 507A.010.Definitions; exceptions

(a) “Abortion” has the same meaning as in KRS 311.720;

(b) “Health care provider” has the same meaning as in KRS 304.17A-005; and

(c) “Unborn child” means a member of the species homo sapiens in utero from conception onward, without regard to age, health, or condition of dependency.

(a) During any abortion for which the consent of the pregnant woman has been obtained or for which the consent is implied by law in a medical emergency; or

(b) As part of or incident to diagnostic testing or therapeutic medical or fertility treatment, provided that the acts were performed with that degree of care and skill which an ordinarily careful, skilled, and prudent health care provider or a person acting under the provider's direction would exercise under the same or similar circumstances.