House Journal: Page 743: Thursday, March 14, 1996

"Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135L.1  DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1.  "Abortion" means an abortion as defined in chapter 146.
2.  "Adult" means a person eighteen years of age or older.
3.  "Aunt or uncle" means an aunt or uncle of the pregnant minor
who is twenty-five years of age or older.
4.  "Child-placing agency" means any agency, public, semipublic,
or private, which represents itself as placing children,
receiving children for placement, or actually engaging in
placement of children and includes the department of human
services.
5.  "Court" means the juvenile court.
6.  "Grandparent" means the parent of an individual who is the
parent of the pregnant minor.
7.  "Medical emergency" means a condition which, based upon a
physician's judgment, necessitates an abortion to avert the
pregnant minor's death, or for which a delay will create a risk
of serious impairment of a major bodily function.
8.  "Minor" means a person under eighteen years of age who has
not been and is not married.
9.  "Parent" means one parent or a legal guardian or custodian
of a pregnant minor.
10.  "Responsible adult" means an adult, who is not associated
with an abortion provider, chosen by a pregnant minor to assist
the minor in the decision-making process established in this
chapter.
Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  135L.2  PROSPECTIVE MINOR PARENTS
DECISION-MAKING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
1.  A decision-making assistance program is created to provide
assistance to minors in making informed decisions relating to
pregnancy.  The program shall offer and include all of the
following:
a.  (1)  A video, to be developed by a person selected through a
request for proposals process or other contractual agreement,
which provides information regarding the various options
available to a pregnant minor with regard to the pregnancy,
including a decision to continue the pregnancy to term and
retain parental rights following the child's birth, a decision
to continue the pregnancy to term and place the child for
adoption following the child's birth, and a decision to
terminate the pregnancy through abortion.  The video shall
provide the information in a manner and language, including but
not limited to, the use of closed captioning for the
hearingimpaired, which could be understood by a minor.
(2)  The video shall explain that public and private agencies
are available to assist a pregnant minor with any alternative
chosen.
(3)  The video shall explain that if the pregnant minor decides
to continue the pregnancy to term, and to retain parental rights
to the child, the father of the child is liable for the support
of the child.
(4)  The video shall explain that tendering false documents is a
fraudulent practice in the fourth degree pursuant to section
135L.7.

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