Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 14:87.6 - Coerced abortionA. Coerced abortion is committed when any person intentionally engages in the use or threatened use of physical force against the person of a pregnant woman, with the intent to compel the pregnant woman to undergo an abortion against her will, whether or not the abortion procedure has been attempted or completed.B. Whoever commits the crime of coerced abortion shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. Acts 2018, No. 674, §1, eff. June 1, 2018.Added by Acts 2018, No. 674,s. 1, eff. 6/1/2018.