House
Joint
Resolution
5
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Enrolled
House
Joint
Resolution
5
A
JOINT
RESOLUTION
PROPOSING
AN
AMENDMENT
TO
THE
CONSTITUTION
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA
THAT
THE
CONSTITUTION
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA
DOES
NOT
RECOGNIZE,
GRANT,
OR
SECURE
A
RIGHT
TO
ABORTION
OR
REQUIRE
THE
PUBLIC
FUNDING
OF
ABORTION.
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
The
following
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
proposed:
Article
I
of
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
section:
Sec.
26.
Life.
To
defend
the
dignity
of
all
human
life
and
protect
unborn
children
from
efforts
to
expand
abortion
even
to
the
point
of
birth,
we
the
people
of
the
State
of
Iowa
declare
that
this
Constitution
does
not
recognize,
grant,
or
secure
a
right
to
abortion
or
require
the
public
funding
of
abortion.
House
Joint
Resolution
5,
p.
2
Sec.
2.
REFERRAL
AND
PUBLICATION.
The
foregoing
amendment
to
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa
is
referred
to
the
general
assembly
to
be
chosen
at
the
next
general
election
for
members
of
the
general
assembly,
and
shall
be
published
as
provided
by
law
for
three
consecutive
months
previous
to
the
date
of
that
election.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
joint
resolution
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
Joint
Resolution
5,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House