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(1)__Any person who performs a public function either
on a volunteer basis or for minimal compensation for
services rendered; or

 
(2)__Any public employee responding to or acting at a
life-threatening situation who is forced to make and
does make a judgment reasonably calculated to save the
life of a human being.

 
Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime.

 
2.__This section does not apply to:

 
A.__Acts that cause the death of an unborn child if those
acts are committed during an 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.__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, knowingly or recklessly 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 an 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:


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