- (a) A person is guilty of abuse of a pregnant female in the first degree when in the course of or in furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of assault third degree any violent felony against or upon a pregnant female, or while in immediate flight therefrom, the person intentionally and without her consent causes the unlawful termination of her pregnancy.
- (b) It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the person was unaware that the victim was pregnant.
- (c) Prosecution under this section does not preclude prosecution under any other section of the Delaware Code. Abuse of a pregnant female in the first degree is a class B felony.
72 Del. Laws, c. 43, § 4; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1