§87.6.1. Coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud

            A. Coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud is committed when a person knowingly and intentionally engages in the use of an abortion-inducing drug on a pregnant woman, without her knowledge or consent, with the intent to cause an abortion.

            B.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, whoever commits the crime of coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five nor more than ten years, fined not less than ten thousand nor more than seventy-five thousand dollars, or both.

            (2) Whoever commits the crime of coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud when the unborn child is more than three months of gestational age shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than twenty years, fined not less than fifty thousand nor more than one hundred thousand dollars, or both.

            C. The prosecution of a person pursuant to this Section shall not be a defense against the prosecution under any other provision of law, including murder or attempted murder, should the person commit the crime of coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud and the use of an abortion-inducing drug results in the death or serious bodily injury of the pregnant woman.

            Acts 2024, No. 246, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.