State v. Hippler

LAVORATO, Justice.

Iowa Code section 707.8(1) (1993) provides that “[a] person who terminates a human pregnancy without the consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a felony or felonious assault is guilty of a class ‘B’ felony.” The State charged defendant Chadwick David Hippier under this section. Hippier allegedly stole a vehicle that was involved in a collision with a car driven by Jean Fisher. Because of the collision, the fetus Fisher was carrying had to be delivered by caesarean section. The accident terminated the pregnancy. Additionally, Fisher and her husband, a…