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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 3891XS 76
2 5 pf/sc/14
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