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unborn child resulted from conduct that would otherwise be
defined as only a civil violation or civil infraction.

 
4.__Prosecution of a person under this section does not
prohibit the prosecution of the person under any other law.

 
§225.__Assault on unborn child

 
1.__A person is guilty of assault on an unborn child if the
person intentionally or knowingly causes bodily injury to an
unborn child.

 
2.__This section does not apply to:

 
A.__Acts that cause bodily injury to an unborn child if
those acts are committed during any abortion, lawful or
unlawful, to which the pregnant woman consents; or

 
B.__Acts that are committed pursuant to usual and customary
standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or
therapeutic treatment.

 
3.__ Assault on an unborn child is a Class D crime.

 
4.__Prosecution of a person under this section does not
prohibit the prosecution of the person under any other law.

 
§226.__Aggravated assault on unborn child

 
1.__A person is guilty of aggravated assault on an unborn
child if the person, in committing assault on an unborn child,
intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to the
unborn child.

 
2.__This section does not apply to:

 
A.__Acts that cause serious bodily injury to an unborn child
if those acts are committed during any abortion, lawful or
unlawful, to which the pregnant woman consents; or

 
B.__Acts that are committed pursuant to usual and customary
standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or
therapeutic treatment.

 
3.__ Aggravated assault on an unborn child is a Class C crime.

 
4.__Prosecution of a person under this section does not
prohibit the prosecution of the person under any other law.


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