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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 707.7, unnumbered paragraphs 1, 2, and 1 2 4, Code 1995, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 Any person who intentionally terminates a human pregnancy, 1 4 with the knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant 1 5 person, after the end of the second trimester of the pregnancy 1 6 where death of the fetus results commits feticide. Feticide 1 7 is a class "C" felony. 1 8 Any person who attempts to intentionally terminate a human 1 9 pregnancy, with the knowledge and voluntary consent of the 1 10 pregnant person, after the end of the second trimester of the 1 11 pregnancy where death of the fetus does not result commits 1 12 attempted feticide. Attempted feticide is a class "D" felony. 1 13 Any person who terminates a human pregnancy, with the 1 14 knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant person, who is 1 15 not a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery under 1 16 the provisions of chapter 148, or an osteopathic physician and 1 17 surgeon licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery 1 18 under the provisions of chapter 150A, commits a class "C" 1 19 felony. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 707.8, Code 1995, is amended to read as 1 21 follows: 1 22 707.8 NONCONSENSUAL TERMINATION – SERIOUS INJURY TO A 1 23 HUMAN PREGNANCY. 1 24 1. A person who terminates a human pregnancy without the 1 25 consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a 1 26 forcible felony is guilty of a class "B" felony. 1 271.2. A person who terminates a human pregnancy without 1 28 the consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a 1 29 felony or felonious assault is guilty of a class"B""C" 1 30 felony. 1 312.3. A person who intentionally terminates a human 1 32 pregnancy without the knowledge and voluntary consent of the 1 33 pregnant person is guilty of a class "C" felony.This1 34subsection shall not apply to a termination performed without1 35the consent or knowledge of the pregnant person by a physician2 1licensed in this state to practice medicine and surgery when2 2circumstances preclude the pregnant person from providing2 3consent and the termination is performed to preserve the life2 4or health of the pregnant person or of the fetus.2 5 4. A person who unintentionally terminates a human 2 6 pregnancy by any of the means provided pursuant to section 2 7 707.6A, subsection 1, is guilty of a class "C" felony. 2 83.5. A person who by force or intimidation procures the 2 9 consent of the pregnant person to a termination of a human 2 10 pregnancy is guilty of a class "C" felony. 2 11 6. A person who unintentionally terminates a human 2 12 pregnancy while drag racing in violation of section 321.278 is 2 13 guilty of a class "D" felony. 2 14 7. A person who unintentionally terminates a human 2 15 pregnancy without the knowledge and voluntary consent of the 2 16 pregnant person by the commission of an act in a manner likely 2 17 to cause the termination of or serious injury to a human 2 18 pregnancy is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor. 2 19 8. A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor when the 2 20 person intentionally causes serious injury to a human 2 21 pregnancy by the commission of an act in a manner likely to 2 22 cause the termination of or serious injury to a human 2 23 pregnancy. 2 24 9. A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor when the 2 25 person unintentionally causes serious injury to a human 2 26 pregnancy by any of the means described in section 707.6A, 2 27 subsection 1. 2 28 10. A person commits a serious misdemeanor when the person 2 29 unintentionally causes serious injury to a human pregnancy by 2 30 the commission of an act in a manner likely to cause the 2 31 termination of or serious injury to the human pregnancy. 2 32 11. For the purposes of this section "serious injury to a 2 33 human pregnancy" means, relative to the human pregnancy, 2 34 disabling mental illness, or bodily injury which creates a 2 35 substantial risk of death or which causes serious permanent 3 1 disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the 3 2 function of any bodily member or organ, and includes but is 3 3 not limited to skull fractures, rib fractures, and metaphyseal 3 4 fractures of the long bones. 3 5 12. As used in this section, actions which cause the 3 6 termination of or serious injury to a pregnancy do not apply 3 7 to any of the following: 3 8 a. An act or omission of the pregnant person. 3 9 b. A termination of or a serious injury to a pregnancy 3 10 which is caused by the performance of an approved medical 3 11 procedure performed by a person licensed in this state to 3 12 practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and 3 13 surgery, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy and 3 14 with or without the voluntary consent of the pregnant person 3 15 when circumstances preclude the pregnant person from providing 3 16 consent. 3 17 c. An act committed in self-defense or in defense of 3 18 another person or any other act committed if legally justified 3 19 or excused. 3 20 HF 2109 3 21 pf/pk/25
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