                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MURDER OF A PREGNANT WOMAN; PENALTY (§ 18.2-32.1)

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&#8217;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: 1997, c. 709.