Code of Virginia § 18.2-32.1. Murder of a pregnant woman; penalty.
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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.
1997, c. 709 .