re: #677 LotharBot

“Serious injury to the woman” would fall under the general law. This passage is quite clearly about injury to the fetus.

Unintentional homicide would not be expiated by payment of a fine.

There would be no reason for the Law to make a special case for the accidental striking of a woman with child, unless the intent was to address that which distinguished her from other women - her pregnancy.

As the terms for miscarriage, premature birth, and/or fetus do not appear in the text, the injured party must be presumed to be the woman.