Any person who assaults a pregnant woman and inflicts serious bodily injury on an unborn child who is subsequently born alive is guilty of aggravated criminal battery of an unborn child. Aggravated criminal battery of an unborn child is a Class 3 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 22-18-1.3
Aggravated criminal battery of an unborn child--Felony
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Wiersma v. MAPLE LEAP FARMS (1996)
Most recently applied in Wiersma v. MAPLE LEAP FARMS (February 1996)
Source: SL 1995, ch 122, § 6; SL 2005, ch 120, § 5; SL 2012, ch 123, § 3.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.