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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79116</law_id><section_number>18.2-32.2</section_number><catch_line>Killing a fetus; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>53.1-202.3</reference><reference>53.1-40.02</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Crimes Against the Person</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Homicide</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any person who unlawfully, willfully, deliberately, maliciously and with premeditation kills the fetus of another is guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-283375" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-32.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person who unlawfully, willfully, deliberately and maliciously kills the fetus of another is guilty of a <span class="dictionary">felony</span> punishable by confinement in a state correctional facility for not less than five nor more than 40 years. <a id="paragraph-283376" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-32.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, cc. 1023, 1026.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
