Wisconsin Statutes
§ 940.65 — Battery to an unborn child; substantial battery to an unborn child; aggravated battery to an unborn child.
Wisconsin § 940.65
JurisdictionWisconsin
Ch. 940Crimes against life and bodily security
Subch.subch. III of ch. 940 SUBCHAPTER III
BODILY SECURITY; BATTERY
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Wis. Stat. § 940.65 (2026).
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940.65
940.65(1) (1) Battery to an unborn child. Whoever causes bodily harm to an unborn child by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that unborn child, to the woman who is pregnant with that unborn child or another is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
940.65(2) (2) Substantial battery to an unborn child. Whoever causes substantial bodily harm to an unborn child by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that unborn child, to the woman who is pregnant with that unborn child or another is guilty of a Class I felony.
940.65(3) (3) Aggravated battery to an unborn child.
940.65(3)(a) (a) Whoever causes great bodily harm to an unborn child by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that unborn child, to the woman who is pregnant with that unborn child or another is gu
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Legislative History
940.65 History History: 1997 a. 295 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2025 a. 24 ss. 7 , 8 , 87 , 88 , 89 ; Stats. 2025 s. 940.65.
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