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House Journal: Page 356: Monday, February 19, 1996

33   commission of a forcible felony is guilty of a class
34   "B" felony.
35     1. 2.  A person who terminates a human pregnancy
36   without the consent of the pregnant person during the
37   commission of a felony or felonious assault is guilty
38   of a class "B" "C" felony.
39     2. 3.  A person who intentionally terminates a
40   human pregnancy without the knowledge and voluntary
41   consent of the pregnant person is guilty of a class
42   "C" felony.  This subsection shall not apply to a
43   termination performed without the consent or knowledge
44   of the pregnant person by a physician licensed in this
45   state to practice medicine and surgery when
46   circumstances preclude the pregnant person from
47   providing consent and the termination is performed to
48   preserve the life or health of the pregnant person or
49   of the fetus.
50     4.  A person who unintentionally terminates a human

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 1   pregnancy by any of the means provided pursuant to
 2   section 707.6A, subsection 1, is guilty of a class "C"
 3   felony.
 4     3. 5.  A person who by force or intimidation
 5   procures the consent of the pregnant person to a
 6   termination of a human pregnancy is guilty of a class
 7   "C" felony.
 8     6.  A person who unintentionally terminates a human
 9   pregnancy while drag racing in violation of section
10   321.278 is guilty of a class "D" felony.
11     7.  A person who unintentionally terminates a human
12   pregnancy without the knowledge and voluntary consent
13   of the pregnant person by the commission of an act in
14   a manner likely to cause the termination of or serious
15   injury to a human pregnancy is guilty of an aggravated
16   misdemeanor.
17     8.  A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor when
18   the person intentionally causes serious injury to a
19   human pregnancy by the commission of an act in a
20   manner likely to cause the termination of or serious
21   injury to a human pregnancy.
22     9.  A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor when
23   the person unintentionally causes serious injury to a
24   human pregnancy by any of the means described in
25   section 707.6A, subsection 1.
26     10.  A person commits a serious misdemeanor when
27   the person unintentionally causes serious injury to a
28   human pregnancy by the commission of an act in a
29   manner likely to cause the termination of or serious
30   injury to the human pregnancy.
31     11.  For the purposes of this section "serious
32   injury to a human pregnancy" means, relative to the

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