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House Journal: Page 355: Monday, February 19, 1996

Siegrist of Pottawattamie presented to Mr. Davis, House
Resolution 102, adopted in his honor. Mr. Davis responded with
brief remarks to the House.
The House rose and expressed its appreciation.

CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Regular Calendar
House File 2109, a bill for an act relating to nonconsensual
termination of or serious injury to a pregnancy and providing
penalties, with report of committee recommending amendment and
passage, was taken up for consideration.
Harrison of Scott offered the following amendment H-5073 filed
by the committee on judiciary and moved its adoption:

H-5073

 1     Amend House File 2109 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 3   clause and inserting the following:
 4     "Section 1.  Section 707.7, unnumbered paragraphs
 5   1, 2, and 4, Code 1995, are amended to read as
 6   follows:
 7     Any person who intentionally terminates a human
 8   pregnancy, with the knowledge and voluntary consent of
 9   the pregnant person, after the end of the second
10   trimester of the pregnancy where death of the fetus
11   results commits feticide.  Feticide is a class "C"
12   felony.
13     Any person who attempts to intentionally terminate
14   a human pregnancy, with the knowledge and voluntary
15   consent of the pregnant person, after the end of the
16   second trimester of the pregnancy where death of the
17   fetus does not result commits attempted feticide.
18   Attempted feticide is a class "D" felony.
19     Any person who terminates a human pregnancy, with
20   the knowledge and voluntary consent of the pregnant
21   person, who is not a person licensed to practice
22   medicine and surgery under the provisions of chapter
23   148, or an osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed
24   to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery under the
25   provisions of chapter 150A, commits a class "C"
26   felony.
27     Sec. 2.  Section 707.8, Code 1995, is amended to
28   read as follows:
29     707.8  NONCONSENSUAL TERMINATION _ SERIOUS INJURY
30   TO A HUMAN PREGNANCY.
31     1.  A person who terminates a human pregnancy
32   without the consent of the pregnant person during the

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