Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2006 Week 2 Hansard (7 March) . . Page.. 420..
Schedules of Amendments
Schedule 1
Crimes (Offences Against Pregnant Women) Amendment Bill 2005
Amendment moved by Mr Pratt
Proposed new clause 17A
Page 5, line 20-
17A New section 42A
42A Offences relating to unborn children
(a) a lawful abortion; or
(b) anything done by a pregnant woman in relation to her own unborn child; or
(c) anything done to save the life of, or preserve the health of, a woman who is pregnant, or her unborn child; or
(d) anything done otherwise within the usual and customary standards of medical practice.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person-
(a) engages in conduct that causes the death of an unborn child; and
(b) is reckless about causing the death of, or serious harm to, the unborn child by the conduct.
Maximum penalty: 2 000 penalty units, imprisonment for 20 years or both.
(3) In this section:
harm , in relation to an unborn child, means physical harm to the unborn child, including disfigurement and infection with a disease, whether temporary or permanent.
serious harm , in relation to an unborn child, means any harm (including the cumulative effect of more than 1 harm) that-
(a) endangers, or is likely to endanger, the life of the unborn child; or
(b) is, or is likely to be, significant and longstanding.
unborn child means an embryo or foetus at any stage of its development.