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STATE IN INTEREST OF J.M.S.

No. 20091015.

280 P.3d 410 (2011)

2011 UT 75

STATE of Utah, in the interest of J.M.S., a person under eighteen years of age. State of Utah, Appellant, v. J.M.S., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 13, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Shurtleff , Att'y Gen., Christopher D. Ballard , Asst. Att'y Gen., for appellant.

Richard L. King , Salt Lake City, for appellee.

On Certification from the Utah Court of Appeals

Chief Justice DURHAM, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 We must decide whether the juvenile court erred in concluding that a minor's alleged solicitation of a stranger to punch her and terminate her pregnancy qualifies as an abortion, as the term is defined in the Utah Code. The juvenile court held that an assault of a woman by punching her stomach was a "procedure" intended to terminate...

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