§ 18-3.5-106 — Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree

Colorado § 18-3.5-106

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

Text

(1) A
person commits the offense of unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth
degree if the person recklessly causes the unlawful termination of the pregnancy
of a woman at such time as the person knew or reasonably should have known that
the woman was pregnant.

(2) (a) Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree is a class 6
felony.

(b) Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree by any person is a
class 5 felony if the pregnancy of the woman, other than a participant in the crime,
is unlawfully terminated during the commission or attempted commission of or
flight from the commission or attempted commission of murder, assault in the first
or second degree, robbery, arson, burglary, escape, kidnapping in the first degree,
sexual assault, sexual assault in the first or second degree as such offenses
existed prior to July 1, 2000, or class 3 felony sexual assault on a child, but only to
the extent that the person is a principal in the criminal act or attempted criminal
act, as described in section 18-1-603.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire article R&RE, (HB 13-1154), ch. 372, p. 2188, � 2, effective July 1.