Virginia statute

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32.1 — Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 1: Homicide, Code of Virginia.

Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32.1

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-32.1Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session

The willful and deliberate killing of a pregnant woman without premeditation by one who knows that the woman is pregnant and has the intent to cause the involuntary termination of the woman's pregnancy without a live birth shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of not less than ten years nor more than forty years.

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