§ 18-3.5-104 — Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the second degree

Colorado § 18-3.5-104

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 18: Criminal
• Art.: Offenses Against Pregnant Women

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(1) A
person commits the offense of unlawful termination of pregnancy in the second
degree if the person knowingly causes the unlawful termination of the pregnancy
of a woman.

(2) (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2),
unlawful termination of pregnancy in the second degree is a class 4 felony.

(b) If unlawful termination of pregnancy in the second degree is committed
under circumstances where the act causing the unlawful termination of pregnancy
is performed upon a sudden heat of passion, caused by a serious and highly
provoking act of the intended victim, affecting the person causing the unlawful
termination of pregnancy sufficiently to excite an irresistible passion in a
reasonable person, and without an interval between the provocation and the
unlawful termination of pregnancy sufficient for the voice of reason and humanity
to be heard, it is a class 5 felony.

(3) A defendant convicted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be
sentenced by the court in accordance with the provisions of section 18-1.3-406.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire article R&RE, (HB 13-1154), ch. 372, p. 2187, � 2, effective July 1.