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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S04624Establishes the crime of assault on a pregnant individual as a class D felony.
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AbortionexceptionsAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Creates a new crime for intentionally or knowingly injuring a pregnant person (including injury resulting in pregnancy termination), but exempts abortion procedures with consent and medical treatment, so this carves out an exception protecting legal abortion access from the new assault penalties.
This section shall not apply to acts committed by: a. a pregnant individual or any person providing treatment relating to an abortion for which the consent of the pregnant individual, or a person authorized by law to act on behalf of the pregnant individual, has been obtained or for which such consent is implied by law; or b. any person providing any medical treatment of a pregnant individual.
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Abortionpersonhood ivfAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 60%
Defines 'injury' for the new assault crime to include 'bodily injury that results in the termination of a pregnancy' and names the act the 'Liv Act', treating fetal loss from assault as a distinct harm, which advances fetal personhood concepts without addressing IVF.
For the purposes of this section, "injury" includes bodily injury that results in the termination of a pregnancy.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new class D felony for assault on a pregnant individual where the assailant knows or has reason to know of the pregnancy, explicitly includes pregnancy termination as an injury, and exempts consensual abortions and medical treatment while construing the law consistent with public health law on procedures. This substantively addresses abortion via exceptions for legal procedures and personhood-like recognition of pregnancy termination as a distinct injury from assault.
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