{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-707.10","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 707.10","heading":"Duty to preserve the life of the fetus.","body":"A person who performs or induces a termination of a human pregnancy and who willfully fails to exercise that degree of professional skill, care, and diligence available to preserve the life and health of a viable fetus shall be guilty of a serious misdemeanor.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 707 - HOMICIDE AND RELATED CRIMES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/707.10.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"418141dade33659502ce301f57f7ff994a258a620dc269e6f702f77a574ca64c","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-707.9","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-707.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}