Senate
File
11
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
JOHNSON
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
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
defines
“medical
abortion”
as
the
use
of
a
29
medication
including
but
not
limited
to
mifepristone
or
30
ulipristal
acetate
to
terminate
a
pregnancy.
The
bill
provides
31
that
only
a
physician
shall
prescribe,
dispense,
or
administer
32
any
medication
for
the
purpose
of
inducing
a
medical
abortion.
33
Additionally,
the
bill
requires
that
any
physician
prescribing,
34
dispensing,
or
administering
a
medication
for
the
purpose
of
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inducing
a
medical
abortion
shall
comply
with
all
federal
1
regulations
relating
to
such
medication;
and
a
physician
shall
2
only
administer
a
medication
for
the
purpose
of
inducing
a
3
medical
abortion
in
person
and
in
a
clinic
or
hospital
with
the
4
capacity
to
provide
surgical
intervention
in
cases
resulting
in
5
an
incomplete
abortion
or
severe
bleeding.
6
A
physician
who
knowingly
performs
a
medical
abortion
in
7
violation
of
the
bill
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor
and
8
is
subject
to
revocation
of
licensure
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
9
148.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
10
more
than
one
year
or
a
fine
of
at
least
$315
but
not
more
than
11
$1,875,
or
by
both.
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