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2006 Kansas Code - 21-3440

      21-3440.   Injury to a pregnant woman. (a) Injury to a pregnant woman is injury to a pregnant woman by a person other than the pregnant woman in the commission of a felony or misdemeanor causing the pregnant woman to suffer a miscarriage as a result of that injury.

      (b)   As used in this section, "miscarriage" means the interruption of the normal development of the fetus, other than by a live birth, resulting in the complete expulsion or extraction from a pregnant woman of a product of human conception.

      (c)   Injury to a pregnant woman in the commission of a felony is a severity level 4, person felony. Injury to a pregnant woman in the commission of a violation of K.S.A. 21-3412, subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 21-3413, subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of K.S.A. 2005 Supp. 21-3412a or K.S.A. 21-3517, and amendments thereto, is a severity level 5, person felony. Injury to a pregnant woman in the commission of a misdemeanor other than a violation of K.S.A. 21-3412, subsection (a)(1) of K.S.A. 21-3413, subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2) of K.S.A. 2005 Supp. 21-3412a or K.S.A. 21-3517, and amendments thereto, is a class A person misdemeanor.

      (d)   The provisions of this section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.

      History:   L. 1995, ch. 195, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 177, § 7; July 1.

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