House File 656 H-1500 Amend House File 656 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 2 and inserting: 3 < Section 1. NEW SECTION . 598C.1 Unborn child —— 4 findings —— rights, privileges, and immunities —— no 5 cause of action. 6 1. The general assembly of this state finds all of 7 the following: 8 a. The life of each human being begins at 9 conception. 10 b. An unborn child has protectable interests in 11 life, health, and well-being. 12 c. The biological parent of an unborn child 13 has protectable interests in the life, health, and 14 well-being of the unborn child. 15 2. The laws of this state shall be interpreted 16 and construed to acknowledge on behalf of an unborn 17 child at every stage of development, all the rights, 18 privileges, and immunities available to other persons, 19 citizens, and residents of this state. 20 3. As used in this section, “unborn child” means 21 the offspring of a human being from the moment of 22 conception until birth at every stage of biological 23 development. 24 4. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to 25 create a cause of action against a woman for indirectly 26 harming the woman’s unborn child by failing to properly 27 care for herself or by failing to follow any particular 28 program of prenatal care. 29 5. This section shall not apply to the termination 30 of a human pregnancy performed by a physician licensed 31 in this state to practice medicine or surgery or 32 osteopathic medicine or surgery when in the best 33 clinical judgment of the physician the termination is 34 performed to preserve the life of the pregnant person 35 or of the unborn child and every reasonable medical 36 effort not inconsistent with preserving the life of the 37 pregnant person is made to preserve the life of the 38 unborn child. > 39 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and 40 inserting < An Act relating to the acknowledgment of 41 certain rights, privileges, and immunities of human 42 beings beginning at conception relative to termination 43 of pregnancy measures. > 44 ______________________________ MASSIE of Warren -1- HF656.2198 (2) 84 pf/nh 1/ 1 #1. #2.