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House Journal: Page 357: Monday, February 19, 1996

33   human pregnancy, disabling mental illness, or bodily
34   injury which creates a substantial risk of death or
35   which causes serious permanent disfigurement, or
36   protracted loss or impairment of the function of any
37   bodily member or organ, and includes but is not
38   limited to skull fractures, rib fractures, and
39   metaphyseal fractures of the long bones.
40     12.  As used in this section, actions which cause
41   the termination of or serious injury to a pregnancy do
42   not apply to any of the following:
43     a.  An act or omission of the pregnant person.
44     b.  A termination of or a serious injury to a
45   pregnancy which is caused by the performance of an
46   approved medical procedure performed by a person
47   licensed in this state to practice medicine and
48   surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery,
49   irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy and with
50   or without the voluntary consent of the pregnant

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 1   person when circumstances preclude the pregnant person
 2   from providing consent.
 3     c.  An act committed in self-defense or in defense
 4   of another person or any other act committed if
 5   legally justified or excused."
The committee amendment H-5073 was adopted.
Harrison of Scott moved that the bill be read a last time now
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill
was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 2109)
 The ayes were, 96:
 Arnold         	Baker          	Bell           	Bernau        
	Blodgett       	Boddicker      	Boggess        	Bradley       
	Brammer        	Brand          	Branstad       	Brauns        
	Brunkhorst     	Burnett        	Carroll        	Cataldo       
	Churchill      	Cohoon         	Connors        	Coon           
	Cormack        	Daggett        	Dinkla         	Disney   
	Doderer        	Drake          	Drees          	Eddie     
	Ertl           	Fallon         	Garman         	Gipp      
	Greig          	Greiner        	Gries          	Grubbs    
	Grundberg      	Hahn           	Halvorson      	Hammitt
 Barry Hanson   	Harper         	Harrison       	Heaton    
	Holveck        	Houser         	Hurley         	Huseman    
	Jacobs         	Jochum         	Klemme         	Koenigs     
	Kreiman        	Kremer         	Lamberti       	Larkin       
	Lord           	Main           	Martin         	Mascher  	   
	May            	McCoy          	Mertz          	Metcalf 

Iowa General Assembly

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