House File 567 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SCHULTZ and WINDSCHITL


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the provision of state funds to certain
  2    entities in the state that provide family planning services.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2245HH 83
  5 pf/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  146A.1  STATE FUNDING FOR
  1  2 ABORTIONS.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
  1  4 requires:
  1  5    a.  "Abortion" means abortion as defined in section 146.1.
  1  6    b.  "Family planning services" means preconception services
  1  7 that limit or enhance fertility, including methods of
  1  8 contraception, the management of infertility, preconception
  1  9 counseling, education, and general reproductive health care.
  1 10    2.  State funds shall not be appropriated, granted, or
  1 11 otherwise provided to an entity in this state that meets all
  1 12 of the following criteria:
  1 13    a.  Primarily focuses services on reproductive health care.
  1 14    b.  Provides or is an affiliate of an organization that
  1 15 provides abortions.
  1 16    c.  Provides family planning services which directly or
  1 17 indirectly subsidize abortion services.
  1 18    d.  Includes abortion as part of its continuum of family
  1 19 planning services or general reproductive health care
  1 20 services.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill prohibits the appropriation, granting, or other
  1 23 provision of state funds to entities in this state that
  1 24 primarily focus services on reproductive health care, provide
  1 25 or are affiliates of organizations that provide abortions,
  1 26 directly or indirectly subsidize abortion services, and
  1 27 include abortion as part of a continuum of family planning
  1 28 services or reproductive health care services.
  1 29 LSB 2245HH 83
  1 30 pf/nh/5