Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)
720 ILCS 5 § 9-2.1: Voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child by killing an unborn child under specific circumstances: acting in sudden intense passion from serious provocation (but accidentally killing the unborn child instead of the provoker), or intentionally killing while holding an unreasonable but good-faith belief the killing was justified. This is a Class 1 felony. The law does not apply to consensual abortions or standard medical procedures.
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