2025 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 28 - Crimes and Punishments
28-397 - Assault of an unborn child in the first degree; penalty.

Universal Citation:
NE Code § 28-397 (2025)
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28-397. Assault of an unborn child in the first degree; penalty.

(1) A person commits the offense of assault of an unborn child in the first degree if he or she, during the commission of any criminal assault on a pregnant woman, intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury to her unborn child.

(2) Assault of an unborn child in the first degree is a Class IIA felony.

Source

  • Laws 2006, LB 57, § 4;
  • Laws 2015, LB605, § 25.

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