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C.R.S. § 18-3.5-106 — Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree.

Current through 2025 Regular Session

Part of Article 3.5: Offenses Against Pregnant Women, Colorado Revised Statutes.

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Full text of C.R.S. § 18-3.5-106

Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.

C.R.S. § 18-3.5-106Primary source, current through the 2025 Regular Session
(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.

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Is unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree a felony or a misdemeanor in Colorado?

It depends on the circumstances: unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree ranges from a class 6 felony to a class 5 felony in Colorado under C.R.S. § 18-3.5-106.

Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree — base offense: class 6 felony (C.R.S. § 18-3.5-106(2)(a)) · Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree — during commission of enumerated felony: class 5 felony (C.R.S. § 18-3.5-106(2)(b))

Which Colorado statute covers unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree?

Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree is governed by C.R.S. § 18-3.5-106 (Unlawful termination of pregnancy in the fourth degree).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.