### Question
How does BIRTH ABORTIONS define partial-birth abortion?


### Answer
Under *18 U.S.C. § 1531*, **partial-birth abortion** is defined as:

> an abortion in which the person performing the abortion—


(A) deliberately and intentionally vaginally delivers a living fetus until, in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother, or, in the case of breech presentation, any part of the fetal trunk past the navel is outside the body of the mother, for the purpose of performing an overt act that the person knows will kill the partially delivered living fetus

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 1531*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 74-PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS**

