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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 707.11A APPLICATION.
1 2 1. For the purposes of sections 707.1, 707.2, 707.3,
1 3 707.4, and 707.11, as it pertains to the victim of a crime,
1 4 "person" includes a member of the species homo sapiens, at any
1 5 stage of development when carried in the womb or after birth.
1 6 2. Sections 707.1, 707.2, 707.3, 707.4, and 707.11 shall
1 7 not apply to a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman or a
1 8 person legally authorized to act on the pregnant woman's
1 9 behalf consented, or for which consent is implied by law.
1 10 EXPLANATION
1 11 This bill provides that for the purposes of certain
1 12 sections of the Code, as they pertain to victims of murder or
1 13 manslaughter, "person" includes a member of the species homo
1 14 sapiens, at any stage of development when carried in the womb
1 15 or after birth. The sections of the Code are: section 707.1
1 16 (murder); section 707.2 (murder in the first degree); section
1 17 707.3 (murder in the second degree); section 707.4 (voluntary
1 18 manslaughter); and section 707.11 (attempt to commit murder).
1 19 The bill also provides that those sections do not apply to
1 20 a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman or a person
1 21 legally authorized to act on the pregnant woman's behalf
1 22 consented, or for which consent is implied by law.
1 23 Under the bill, the penalty for each crime is applicable to
1 24 the perpetrator for each such victim.
1 25 LSB 7008SS 80
1 26 pf/sh/8
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