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For example, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (UVVA) defines an "unborn child" as a child in utero, and the term "child in utero" or "child, who is in utero" means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb.’ Under this definition, a zygote has the same legal status as an adult woman for the purposes of the law.