Iowa Code (Last Updated: December 05, 2016) |
Title XVI. CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE |
Chapter 707. HOMICIDE AND RELATED CRIMES |
Section 707.10. Duty to preserve the life of the fetus.
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A person who performs or induces a termination of a human pregnancy and who willfully fails to exercise that degree of professional skill, care, and diligence available to preserve the life and health of a viable fetus shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
[C79, 81, §707.10]
Definition of “viability”, §702.20