Senate
File
287
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
287
BY
SORENSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
determination
of
when
life
begins
and
1
acknowledging
the
rights,
privileges,
and
immunities
of
an
2
unborn
child.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
598C.1
Unborn
child
——
findings
——
1
rights,
privileges,
and
immunities
——
no
cause
of
action.
2
1.
The
general
assembly
of
this
state
finds
all
of
the
3
following:
4
a.
The
life
of
each
human
being
begins
at
conception.
5
b.
An
unborn
child
has
protectable
interests
in
life,
6
health,
and
well-being.
7
c.
The
biological
parent
of
an
unborn
child
has
protectable
8
interests
in
the
life,
health,
and
well-being
of
the
unborn
9
child.
10
2.
The
laws
of
this
state
shall
be
interpreted
and
construed
11
to
acknowledge
on
behalf
of
an
unborn
child
at
every
stage
12
of
development,
all
the
rights,
privileges,
and
immunities
13
available
to
other
persons,
citizens,
and
residents
of
this
14
state.
15
3.
As
used
in
this
section,
“unborn
child”
means
the
16
offspring
of
a
human
being
from
the
moment
of
conception
until
17
birth
at
every
stage
of
biological
development.
18
4.
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
be
interpreted
to
create
19
a
cause
of
action
against
a
woman
for
indirectly
harming
the
20
woman’s
unborn
child
by
failing
to
properly
care
for
herself
or
21
by
failing
to
follow
any
particular
program
of
prenatal
care.
22
EXPLANATION
23
This
bill
relates
to
the
determination
of
when
the
life
of
a
24
human
being
begins
and
the
rights,
privileges,
and
immunities
25
ascribed
to
an
unborn
child
and
the
interests
of
the
unborn
26
child’s
biological
parents.
27
The
bill
provides
findings
including
that
the
life
of
28
each
human
being
begins
at
conception;
an
unborn
child
has
29
protectable
interests
in
life,
health,
and
well-being;
and
the
30
biological
parent
of
an
unborn
child
has
protectable
interests
31
in
the
life,
health,
and
well-being
of
the
unborn
child.
32
The
bill
provides
that
the
laws
of
the
state
of
Iowa
are
33
to
be
interpreted
and
construed
to
acknowledge
on
behalf
of
34
an
unborn
child
all
the
rights,
privileges,
and
immunities
35
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available
to
other
persons,
citizens,
and
residents
of
Iowa.
1
Under
the
bill,
“unborn
child”
means
the
offspring
of
a
human
2
being
from
the
moment
of
conception
until
birth
at
every
stage
3
of
biological
development.
4
The
bill
provides
that
the
provisions
of
the
bill
are
not
5
to
be
interpreted
to
create
a
cause
of
action
against
a
woman
6
for
indirectly
harming
the
woman’s
unborn
child
by
failing
7
to
properly
care
for
herself
or
by
failing
to
follow
any
8
particular
program
of
prenatal
care.
9
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