1. A person commits sexual abuse in the first degree when in the course of committing sexual abuse the person causes another serious injury. 2. Sexual abuse in the first degree is a class “A” felony. [C51, §2581; R60, §4204; C73, §3861; C97, §4756; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 12966; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §698.1; C79, 81, §709.2 ] 2018 Acts, ch 1041, §127 Referred to in §321.375 , 622.31B , 664A.2 , 664A.3 , 692A.101 , 692A.102 , 709.19 , 903B.10 Definition of forcible felony, §702.11