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House File 2099

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 707.8, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  A person who unintentionally
  1  4 terminates a human pregnancy without the consent of the
  1  5 pregnant person by knowingly or recklessly committing an act
  1  6 which would be a criminal offense if the death of or serious
  1  7 injury to the pregnant person had occurred, is guilty of a
  1  8 class "D" felony.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  707.8A  SERIOUS PRENATAL INJURY.
  1 10    1.  A person who intentionally causes serious prenatal
  1 11 injury is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
  1 12    2.  A person who unintentionally causes serious prenatal
  1 13 injury is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
  1 14    3.  For the purposes of this section, "serious prenatal
  1 15 injury" means serious injury as defined in section 702.18 to a
  1 16 product of human conception at any time or stage of
  1 17 development from conception until birth.
  1 18    4.  This section does not apply if the person committing
  1 19 the serious prenatal injury and the pregnant person are
  1 20 voluntary participants in a sport, social, or other
  1 21 noncriminal activity which results in the serious prenatal
  1 22 injury.  
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill establishes a class "D" felony for the
  1 25 unintentional termination of a human pregnancy without the
  1 26 consent of the pregnant person if the perpetrator knowingly or
  1 27 recklessly commits an act which would be a crime if the death
  1 28 of or serious injury to the pregnant person had occurred.
  1 29    The bill also establishes the crime of serious prenatal
  1 30 injury.  A person who intentionally causes serious prenatal
  1 31 injury is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor and a person who
  1 32 unintentionally causes prenatal injury is guilty of a serious
  1 33 misdemeanor.  The bill defines "serious prenatal injury" and
  1 34 provides that serious prenatal injury does not apply if the
  1 35 person committing the act and the pregnant person are
  2  1 voluntarily participating in a sport, social, or other
  2  2 noncriminal activity which results in the serious prenatal
  2  3 injury.  
  2  4 LSB 3891HH 76
  2  5 pf/sc/14
     

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