House File 2558

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  GIPP

                                       (COMPANION TO LSB 7008SS
                                        BY IVERSON)


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to crimes against members of the species homo
  2    sapiens at any stage of development and making penalties
  3    applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 7008HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  707.11A  APPLICATION.
  1  2    1.  For the purposes of sections 707.1, 707.2, 707.3,
  1  3 707.4, and 707.11, as it pertains to the victim of a crime,
  1  4 "person" includes a member of the species homo sapiens, at any
  1  5 stage of development when carried in the womb or after birth.
  1  6    2.  Sections 707.1, 707.2, 707.3, 707.4, and 707.11 shall
  1  7 not apply to a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman or a
  1  8 person legally authorized to act on the pregnant woman's
  1  9 behalf consented, or for which consent is implied by law.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill provides that for the purposes of certain
  1 12 sections of the Code, as they pertain to victims of murder or
  1 13 manslaughter, "person" includes a member of the species homo
  1 14 sapiens, at any stage of development when carried in the womb
  1 15 or after birth.  The sections of the Code are:  section 707.1
  1 16 (murder); section 707.2 (murder in the first degree); section
  1 17 707.3 (murder in the second degree); section 707.4 (voluntary
  1 18 manslaughter); and section 707.11 (attempt to commit murder).
  1 19    The bill also provides that those sections do not apply to
  1 20 a legal abortion to which the pregnant woman or a person
  1 21 legally authorized to act on the pregnant woman's behalf
  1 22 consented, or for which consent is implied by law.
  1 23    Under the bill, the penalty for each crime is applicable to
  1 24 the perpetrator for each such victim.
  1 25 LSB 7008HH 80
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