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House File 2109

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 707.7, unnumbered paragraphs 1, 2, and
  1  2 4, Code 1995, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Any person who intentionally terminates a human pregnancy,
  1  4 with the knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant
  1  5 person, after the end of the second trimester of the pregnancy
  1  6 where death of the fetus results commits feticide.  Feticide
  1  7 is a class "C" felony.
  1  8    Any person who attempts to intentionally terminate a human
  1  9 pregnancy, with the knowledge and voluntary consent of the
  1 10 pregnant person, after the end of the second trimester of the
  1 11 pregnancy where death of the fetus does not result commits
  1 12 attempted feticide.  Attempted feticide is a class "D" felony.
  1 13    Any person who terminates a human pregnancy, with the
  1 14 knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant person, who is
  1 15 not a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery under
  1 16 the provisions of chapter 148, or an osteopathic physician and
  1 17 surgeon licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery
  1 18 under the provisions of chapter 150A, commits a class "C"
  1 19 felony.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  Section 707.8, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  1 21 follows:
  1 22    707.8  NONCONSENSUAL TERMINATION – SERIOUS INJURY TO A
  1 23 HUMAN PREGNANCY.
  1 24    1.  A person who terminates a human pregnancy without the
  1 25 consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a
  1 26 forcible felony is guilty of a class "B" felony.
  1 27    1. 2.  A person who terminates a human pregnancy without
  1 28 the consent of the pregnant person during the commission of a
  1 29 felony or felonious assault is guilty of a class "B" "C"
  1 30 felony.
  1 31    2. 3.  A person who intentionally terminates a human
  1 32 pregnancy without the knowledge and voluntary consent of the
  1 33 pregnant person is guilty of a class "C" felony.  This
  1 34 subsection shall not apply to a termination performed without
  1 35 the consent or knowledge of the pregnant person by a physician
  2  1 licensed in this state to practice medicine and surgery when
  2  2 circumstances preclude the pregnant person from providing
  2  3 consent and the termination is performed to preserve the life
  2  4 or health of the pregnant person or of the fetus.
  2  5    4.  A person who unintentionally terminates a human
  2  6 pregnancy by any of the means provided pursuant to section
  2  7 707.6A, subsection 1, is guilty of a class "C" felony.
  2  8    3. 5.  A person who by force or intimidation procures the
  2  9 consent of the pregnant person to a termination of a human
  2 10 pregnancy is guilty of a class "C" felony.
  2 11    6.  A person who unintentionally terminates a human
  2 12 pregnancy while drag racing in violation of section 321.278 is
  2 13 guilty of a class "D" felony.
  2 14    7.  A person who unintentionally terminates a human
  2 15 pregnancy without the knowledge and voluntary consent of the
  2 16 pregnant person by the commission of an act in a manner likely
  2 17 to cause the termination of or serious injury to a human
  2 18 pregnancy is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
  2 19    8.  A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor when the
  2 20 person intentionally causes serious injury to a human
  2 21 pregnancy by the commission of an act in a manner likely to
  2 22 cause the termination of or serious injury to a human
  2 23 pregnancy.
  2 24    9.  A person commits an aggravated misdemeanor when the
  2 25 person unintentionally causes serious injury to a human
  2 26 pregnancy by any of the means described in section 707.6A,
  2 27 subsection 1.
  2 28    10.  A person commits a serious misdemeanor when the person
  2 29 unintentionally causes serious injury to a human pregnancy by
  2 30 the commission of an act in a manner likely to cause the
  2 31 termination of or serious injury to the human pregnancy.
  2 32    11.  For the purposes of this section "serious injury to a
  2 33 human pregnancy" means, relative to the human pregnancy,
  2 34 disabling mental illness, or bodily injury which creates a
  2 35 substantial risk of death or which causes serious permanent
  3  1 disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the
  3  2 function of any bodily member or organ, and includes but is
  3  3 not limited to skull fractures, rib fractures, and metaphyseal
  3  4 fractures of the long bones.
  3  5    12.  As used in this section, actions which cause the
  3  6 termination of or serious injury to a pregnancy do not apply
  3  7 to any of the following:
  3  8    a.  An act or omission of the pregnant person.
  3  9    b.  A termination of or a serious injury to a pregnancy
  3 10 which is caused by the performance of an approved medical
  3 11 procedure performed by a person licensed in this state to
  3 12 practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
  3 13 surgery, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy and
  3 14 with or without the voluntary consent of the pregnant person
  3 15 when circumstances preclude the pregnant person from providing
  3 16 consent.
  3 17    c.  An act committed in self-defense or in defense of
  3 18 another person or any other act committed if legally justified
  3 19 or excused.  
  3 20 HF 2109
  3 21 pf/pk/25
     

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