House
File
173
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
173
BY
WINDSCHITL
,
ROGERS
,
KLEIN
,
KOESTER
,
FRY
,
SCHULTZ
,
HUSEMAN
,
FISHER
,
SHEETS
,
LANDON
,
HANUSA
,
MAXWELL
,
COSTELLO
,
SALMON
,
and
HAGENOW
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
medical
abortions
and
providing
penalties.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
146A.1
Medical
abortions
——
1
restrictions
——
in-person
administration
——
penalties.
2
1.
For
the
purpose
of
this
section:
3
a.
“Medical
abortion”
means
the
use
of
a
medication
4
including
but
not
limited
to
mifepristone
or
ulipristal
acetate
5
to
terminate
a
pregnancy.
6
b.
“Physician”
means
a
person
licensed
to
practice
medicine
7
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery
pursuant
to
8
chapter
148.
9
2.
a.
Only
a
physician
shall
prescribe,
dispense,
or
10
administer
any
medication
for
the
purpose
of
inducing
a
medical
11
abortion.
12
b.
Any
physician
prescribing,
dispensing,
or
administering
13
a
medication
for
the
purpose
of
inducing
a
medical
abortion
14
shall
also
comply
with
all
federal
regulations
relating
to
the
15
prescribing,
dispensing,
and
administering
of
such
medication.
16
c.
A
physician
shall
only
administer
a
medication
for
17
the
purpose
of
inducing
a
medical
abortion
in
person
and
in
18
a
clinic
or
hospital
with
the
capacity
to
provide
surgical
19
intervention
in
cases
resulting
in
an
incomplete
abortion
or
20
severe
bleeding.
21
3.
A
physician
who
knowingly
performs
a
medical
abortion
in
22
violation
of
this
section
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor
23
and
is
subject
to
revocation
of
licensure
pursuant
to
chapter
24
148.
25
EXPLANATION
26
This
bill
defines
“medical
abortion”
as
the
use
of
a
27
medication
including
but
not
limited
to
mifepristone
or
28
ulipristal
acetate
to
terminate
a
pregnancy.
The
bill
provides
29
that
only
a
physician
shall
prescribe,
dispense,
or
administer
30
any
medication
for
the
purpose
of
inducing
a
medical
abortion.
31
Additionally,
the
bill
requires
that
any
physician
prescribing,
32
dispensing,
or
administering
a
medication
for
the
purpose
of
33
inducing
a
medical
abortion
shall
comply
with
all
federal
34
regulations
relating
to
such
medication;
and
a
physician
shall
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only
administer
a
medication
for
the
purpose
of
inducing
a
1
medical
abortion
in
person
and
in
a
clinic
or
hospital
with
the
2
capacity
to
provide
surgical
intervention
in
cases
resulting
in
3
an
incomplete
abortion
or
severe
bleeding.
4
A
physician
who
knowingly
performs
a
medical
abortion
in
5
violation
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor
and
6
is
subject
to
revocation
of
licensure
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
7
148.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
8
more
than
one
year
or
a
fine
of
at
least
$315
but
not
more
than
9
$1,875,
or
by
both.
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