House File 2558 PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2558 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE SPECIES HOMO SAPIENS 1 5 AT ANY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING PENALTIES APPLICABLE. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 707.11A APPLICATION. 1 10 1. For the purposes of sections 707.1, 707.2, 707.3, 1 11 707.4, and 707.11, as it pertains to the victim of a crime, 1 12 "person" includes a member of the species homo sapiens, at any 1 13 stage of development when carried in the womb or after birth. 1 14 2. Sections 707.1, 707.2, 707.3, 707.4, and 707.11 shall 1 15 not apply to a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman or a 1 16 person legally authorized to act on the pregnant woman's 1 17 behalf consented, or for which consent is implied by law. 1 18 1 19 1 20 1 21 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS 1 22 Speaker of the House 1 23 1 24 1 25 1 26 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI 1 27 President of the Senate 1 28 1 29 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 1 30 is known as House File 2558, Eightieth General Assembly. 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 MARGARET THOMSON 1 35 Chief Clerk of the House 2 1 Approved , 2004 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 THOMAS J. VILSACK 2 6 Governor