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House Journal: Page 359: Thursday, February 9, 1995

25   to provide assistance to minors in making informed
26   decisions relating to pregnancy.  The program shall
27   offer and include all of the following:
28     a.  (1)  A video, to be developed by a person
29   selected through a request for proposals process,
30   which provides information regarding the various
31   options available to a pregnant minor with regard to
32   the pregnancy, including a decision to continue the
33   pregnancy to term and retain parental rights following
34   the child's birth, a decision to continue the
35   pregnancy to term and place the child for adoption
36   following the child's birth, and a decision to
37   terminate the pregnancy through abortion.  The video
38   shall provide the information in a manner and
39   language, including but not limited to, the use of
40   closed captioning for the hearing-impaired, which will
41   be understood by a minor.
42     (2)  The video shall explain that public and
43   private agencies are available to assist a pregnant
44   minor with any alternative chosen.
45     (3)  The video shall explain that tendering false
46   documents is a fraudulent practice in the fourth
47   degree pursuant to section 135L.7.
48     b.  Written decision-making materials which include
49   all of the following:
50     (1)  Information regarding the options described in
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 1   the video including information regarding the agencies
 2   and programs available to provide assistance to the
 3   pregnant minor in parenting a child; information
 4   relating to adoption including but not limited to
 5   information regarding child placing agencies as
 6   defined in section 238.2, including private,
 7   quasipublic, and public agencies or persons; and
 8   information regarding abortion including but not
 9   limited to the legal requirements relative to the
10   performance of an abortion on a pregnant minor.  The
11   information shall include a listing of the agencies
12   and programs and the services available from each.
13     (2)  A workbook which is to be used in viewing the
14   video and which includes a questionnaire and exercises
15   to assist a pregnant minor in viewing the video and in
16   considering the options available regarding the
17   minor's pregnancy.
18     (3)  A detachable certification form to be signed
19   by the minor and a responsible adult, if a responsible
20   adult accompanies the pregnant minor, certifying that
21   the pregnant minor was offered a viewing of the video
22   and the written decision-making materials.
23     2.  The video shall be available through the state
24   and local offices of the Iowa department of public
25   health, the department of human services, and the

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