An Act relative to unborn victims of violence

HD 1871, titled "An Act relative to unborn victims of violence," creates new criminal offenses for harming an unborn child during pregnancy. It defines "unborn child" as a human life from conception until death and establishes specific charges: murder of an unborn child (with life imprisonment without parole for adults), voluntary/involuntary manslaughter, assault, and battery, depending on the severity of harm. Penalties range from up to 2.5 years in a house of correction for lesser offenses to life imprisonment for first-degree murder, with parole eligibility for offenders aged 14-18. The law explicitly excludes legal abortions and standard medical procedures from its provisions and clarifies that convictions under this act do not prevent prosecution for other related crimes.