Criminal battery of an unborn child--Misdemeanor.

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22-18-1.2. Criminal battery of an unborn child--Misdemeanor.

Any person who assaults a pregnant woman and inflicts bodily injury on an unborn child who is subsequently born alive is guilty of criminal battery of an unborn child. Criminal battery of an unborn child is a Class 1 misdemeanor. For the purposes of this section, the term, bodily injury, does not include the inducement of the unborn child's birth if done for bona fide medical purposes.

Source: SL 1995, ch 122, §7; SL 2005, ch 120, §4; SL 2012, ch 123, §2.


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