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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 232.68, subsection 2, Code Supplement
1 2 1997, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. A serious injury to a human pregnancy
1 4 intentionally caused by the commission of an act likely to
1 5 cause the termination of or serious injury to a human
1 6 pregnancy. For purposes of this paragraph, "serious injury to
1 7 a human pregnancy" means the same as defined in section 707.8
1 8 and the exceptions to an action which causes a serious injury
1 9 to a human pregnancy in section 707.8, subsection 12, apply to
1 10 this paragraph. The perpetrator of the serious injury shall
1 11 be deemed to have committed the child abuse.
1 12 EXPLANATION
1 13 This bill amends the definition of child abuse to include
1 14 an intentionally caused serious injury to a human pregnancy.
1 15 The definition is used for reporting, assessment, and registry
1 16 of child abuse under the juvenile justice code and in other
1 17 law.
1 18 The new definition of child abuse in the bill employs by
1 19 reference a definition of the term "serious injury to a human
1 20 pregnancy" and various exceptions in Code section 707.8,
1 21 relating to nonconsensual termination or serious injury to a
1 22 human pregnancy. The definition used by reference means,
1 23 relative to the human pregnancy, a disabling mental illness,
1 24 or bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or
1 25 which causes serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted
1 26 loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or
1 27 organ, and includes but is not limited to skull fractures, rib
1 28 fractures, and metaphyseal fractures of the long bones. The
1 29 exceptions include an act by the pregnant person, an approved
1 30 medical procedure performed by a licensed physician, an act of
1 31 self-defense, or any other legal act.
1 32 LSB 3876YH 77
1 33 jp/jw/5
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