House Journal: Page 1118: Monday, April 1, 2002
Senate File 2201, an act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections and including
effective and retroactive applicability provisions.
Senate File 2278, an act relating to analyzing the confinement and detention needs
of jails, and other local or regional confinement facilities, and providing an effective
date.
Senate File 2288, an act relating to the appointment of an acting or a temporary
county attorney.
GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE
A copy of the following communication was received and placed on
file:
March 29, 2002
Brent Siegrist
Speaker of the House
State Capitol Building
L O C A L
Dear Speaker Siegrist:
I hereby transmit House File 2264, an act relating to informed consent provisions
relating to an abortion and providing criminal penalties, and providing an effective
date.
House File 2264 provides that an abortion shall be prohibited without the
"voluntary and informed consent" of the woman seeking the procedure. There has been
an ongoing discussion in this state about the level of communication that takes place
between medical professionals and women seeking abortion services. A number of
Iowans believe that women who seek abortion services in this state do not receive
sufficient information to make an informed decision about whether to terminate their
pregnancies. Given this concern, I have directed the Iowa Department of Public Health
to take all appropriate steps to ensure that Iowans confronted with this difficult choice
are given access, at their option, to a full range of medically-accurate and
comprehensive information. Furthermore, I have directed the Department to take
appropriate steps to ensure that Iowans have access to information that also promotes
quality pre-natal and neo-natal care, and encourages the use of family support services
at every stage of pregnancy and family development. I believe my directive will make
available more medically-accurate and comprehensive information than House File
2264 would have required without criminalizing the actions of doctors.
Given the current laws in Iowa and the now heightened level of information that
will be made available to women pursuant to my directive to the Iowa Department of
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League of Women Voters of Iowa
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