Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.90e (2026)

Conduct as proximate cause of accident involving pregnant individual as misdemeanor; penalty.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE

Act 328 of 1931

750.90e Conduct as proximate cause of accident involving pregnant individual as misdemeanor; penalty.

Sec. 90e.

If a person operates a motor vehicle in a careless or reckless manner, but not willfully or wantonly, that is the proximate cause of an accident involving a pregnant individual and the accident results in a miscarriage or stillbirth by that individual or death to the embryo or fetus, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.

History: Add. 1998, Act 238, Eff. Jan. 1, 1999 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 1, Eff. June 1, 2001

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2016 · leading case: People v. Jones, 894 N.W.2d 723 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).

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People v. Jones, 894 N.W.2d 723 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 7× “90b; MCL 750.90e; MCL 750.322; MCL 750.323. For example, when addressing our concern expressed in Guthrie about the lack of protection in the negligent homicide statute for harmed fetuses, the Legislature responded, not by modifying the definition of person, but by creating a…”

People v. Ambrose, 895 N.W.2d 198 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “] And MCL 750.90e provides: If a person operates a motor vehicle in a careless or reckless manner, but not willfully or wantonly, that is the proximate cause of an accident involving a pregnant individual and the accident results in a miscarriage or stillbirth by that individual…”

Paige v. City of Sterling Heights, 720 N.W.2d 219 (Mich. 2006). · cites it 2× “996(107)(2)(c), and MCL 750.90e; MSA 28.285e. Despite the fact that MCL 418.”

Robinson v. City of Detroit, 613 N.W.2d 307 (Mich. 2000). “996(107)(2)(c), and MCL 750.90e; MSA 28.285e. The dissent claims our construction of the word “the” ignores MCL 8.”

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