House Journal: Page 752: Thursday, March 14, 1996

 the pregnant minor, and which results in the inapplicability of
section 135L.2 with regard to the required offering of the
viewing of the video, of section 135L.3 with regard to
notification of a parent prior to the termination of parental
rights of a pregnant minor for the purposes of placing the child
for adoption, or of section 135L.4 with regard to notification
of a parent prior to the performance of an abortion on a
pregnant minor, the attending physician shall do the following:
1.  Certify in writing the basis for the medical judgment that a
medical emergency exists and make the written certification
available to a parent of the pregnant minor prior to performance
of the abortion, if possible.
2.  If it is not possible to provide a parent of the pregnant
minor with written certification prior to performance of the
abortion under subsection 1, the physician shall provide the
written certification to a parent of the pregnant minor within
twelve hours following the performance of the abortion unless
one of the following applies:
a.  The abortion is authorized in writing by a parent entitled
to notification.
b.  (1)  The pregnant minor declares, in a written statement
submitted to the attending physician, a reason for not notifying
a parent and a reason for notifying a grandparent or an aunt or
uncle of the pregnant minor in lieu of the notification of a
parent.  Upon receipt of the written statement from the pregnant
minor, the attending physician shall provide notification to a
grandparent or an aunt or uncle of the pregnant minor, specified
by the pregnant minor, in the manner in which notification is
provided to a parent.
(2)  The notification form shall be in duplicate and shall
include both of the following:
(a)  A declaration which informs the grandparent or the aunt or
uncle of the pregnant minor that the grandparent or aunt or
uncle of the pregnant minor may be subject to civil action if
the grandparent or aunt or uncle accepts notification.
(b)  A provision that the grandparent or aunt or uncle of the
pregnant minor may refuse acceptance of notification.
c.  The pregnant minor declares that the pregnant minor is a
victim of child abuse pursuant to section 232.68, the person
responsible for the care of the child is a parent of the child,
and either the abuse has been reported pursuant to the
procedures prescribed in chapter 232, division III, part 2, or a
parent of the child is named in a report of founded child abuse.
 The department of human services shall maintain confidentiality
under chapter 232 regarding the pregnant minor's pregnancy and
abortion, if an abortion is obtained.
d.  The pregnant minor declares that the pregnant minor is a
victim of sexual abuse as defined in chapter 709 and has
reported the sexual abuse to law enforcement.
e.  The pregnant minor elects not to allow notification of the
pregnant minor's parent and a court authorizes waiver of the
notification requirement following completion of the proceedings
prescribed under section 135L.3 or 135L.4.
Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  135L.7  FRAUDULENT PRACTICE.
A person who does any of the following is guilty of a fraudulent
practice in the fourth degree pursuant to section 714.12:

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