### Question
How is the "unborn child” means a child in utero, and the term “child in utero” or “child, who is in utero" defined?


### Answer
The term **unborn child” means a child in utero, and the term “child in utero” or “child, who is in utero** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 1841* as follows -

> a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 1841*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 90A-PROTECTION OF UNBORN CHILDREN**

