House File 2558

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  1  1                                            HOUSE FILE 2558
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  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.
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  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  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.
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  1 21                               CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
  1 22                               Speaker of the House
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  1 26                               JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
  1 27                               President of the Senate
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  1 29    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  1 30 is known as House File 2558, Eightieth General Assembly.
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  1 34                               MARGARET THOMSON
  1 35                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2  1 Approved                , 2004
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  2  5 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  2  6 Governor