§ 18.2-32.1 Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty
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.
History
This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 709 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.
1997, c. 709.