House
Joint
Resolution
2004
H-8179
Amend
House
Joint
Resolution
2004
as
follows:
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1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
resolving
clause
and
2
inserting:
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<
Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
4
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
5
Article
I
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
amended
6
by
adding
the
following
new
section:
7
Sec.
26.
Protection
of
life.
To
defend
the
dignity
of
all
8
human
life,
and
to
protect
mothers
and
unborn
children
from
9
efforts
to
expand
abortion
even
to
the
day
of
birth,
we
the
10
people
of
the
State
of
Iowa
declare
that
this
Constitution
11
shall
not
be
construed
to
recognize,
grant,
or
secure
a
right
12
to
abortion
or
to
require
the
public
funding
of
abortion.
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Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
amendment
14
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
to
the
15
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
election
for
16
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
be
published
as
17
provided
by
law
for
three
consecutive
months
previous
to
the
18
date
of
that
election.
>
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2.
Title
page,
by
striking
lines
1
through
5
and
inserting
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A
Joint
Resolution
proposing
an
amendment
to
the
Constitution
21
of
the
State
of
Iowa
to
protect
life
by
declaring
that
the
22
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
shall
not
be
construed
to
23
recognize,
grant,
or
secure
a
right
to
abortion
or
to
require
24
the
public
funding
of
abortion.
>
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HOLT
of
Crawford
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HJR2004.3933
(3)
88
(amending
this
HJR
2004
to
CONFORM
to
SJR
2001)
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