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A.__Serious bodily injury to the unborn child;

 
B.__Bodily injury to the unborn child with use of a
dangerous weapon; or

 
C.__Bodily injury to the unborn child under circumstances
manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.__
Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, the
number, location or nature of the injuries and the manner or
method inflicted.

 
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.__Aggravated assault on an unborn child is a Class B crime.

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

 
§227.__Elevated aggravated assault on unborn child

 
1.__A person is guilty of elevated aggravated assault on an
unborn child if that person:

 
A.__Intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury
to an unborn child with the use of a dangerous weapon;

 
B.__Engages in conduct that manifests a depraved
indifference to the value of human life and that in fact
causes serious bodily injury to an unborn child with the use
of a dangerous weapon; or

 
C.__With terroristic intent engages in conduct that in fact
causes serious 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


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