House
File
2253
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Enrolled
House
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2253
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
TERMINOLOGY
INVOLVING
A
PREGNANT
FEMALE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
707.7,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
707.7
Feticide.
1.
Any
person
who
intentionally
terminates
a
human
pregnancy,
with
the
knowledge
and
voluntary
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
,
after
the
end
of
the
second
trimester
of
the
pregnancy
where
resulting
in
the
death
of
the
fetus
results
commits
feticide.
Feticide
is
a
class
“C”
felony.
2.
Any
person
who
attempts
to
intentionally
terminate
a
human
pregnancy,
with
the
knowledge
and
voluntary
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
,
after
the
end
of
the
second
trimester
of
the
pregnancy
where
that
does
not
result
in
the
death
of
the
fetus
does
not
result
commits
attempted
feticide.
Attempted
feticide
is
a
class
“D”
felony.
3.
Any
person
who
terminates
a
human
pregnancy,
with
the
knowledge
and
voluntary
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
,
who
is
not
a
person
licensed
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
under
the
provisions
of
chapter
148
,
commits
a
class
“C”
felony.
4.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
the
termination
of
a
human
pregnancy
performed
by
a
physician
licensed
in
this
state
to
practice
medicine
or
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
or
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surgery
when
in
the
best
clinical
judgment
of
the
physician
the
termination
is
performed
to
preserve
the
life
or
health
of
the
pregnant
person
female
or
of
the
fetus
and
every
reasonable
medical
effort
not
inconsistent
with
preserving
the
life
of
the
pregnant
person
female
is
made
to
preserve
the
life
of
a
viable
fetus.
Sec.
2.
Section
707.8,
subsections
1,
2,
3,
5,
and
7,
Code
2026,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
A
person
who
terminates
a
human
pregnancy
without
the
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
during
the
commission
of
a
forcible
felony
is
guilty
of
a
class
“B”
felony.
2.
A
person
who
terminates
a
human
pregnancy
without
the
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
during
the
commission
of
a
felony
or
felonious
assault
is
guilty
of
a
class
“C”
felony.
3.
a.
A
person
who
intentionally
terminates
a
human
pregnancy
without
the
knowledge
and
voluntary
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
is
guilty
of
a
class
“C”
felony.
b.
A
person
who
attempts
to
intentionally
terminate
a
human
pregnancy
without
the
knowledge
and
voluntary
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
5.
A
person
who
by
force
or
intimidation
procures
the
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
to
a
termination
of
a
human
pregnancy
is
guilty
of
a
class
“C”
felony.
7.
A
person
who
unintentionally
terminates
a
human
pregnancy
without
the
knowledge
and
voluntary
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
by
the
commission
of
an
act
in
a
manner
likely
to
cause
the
termination
of
or
serious
injury
to
a
human
pregnancy
is
guilty
of
an
aggravated
misdemeanor.
Sec.
3.
Section
707.8,
subsection
12,
paragraphs
a
and
b,
Code
2026,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
An
act
or
omission
of
the
pregnant
person
female
.
b.
A
termination
of
or
a
serious
injury
to
a
pregnancy
which
that
is
caused
by
the
performance
of
an
approved
medical
procedure
performed
by
a
person
licensed
in
this
state
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery,
irrespective
of
the
duration
of
the
pregnancy
and
with
or
without
the
voluntary
consent
of
the
pregnant
person
female
when
circumstances
preclude
the
pregnant
person
female
from
providing
consent.
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Sec.
4.
Section
708.2,
subsection
4,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4.
A
person
who
commits
a
violation
of
subsection
3
against
another
person
who
the
person
knows
or
reasonably
should
know
is
a
pregnant
person
female
is
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2253,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor