House
File
2289
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2289
BY
WHEELER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
prohibiting
abortion
in
the
state,
and
1
providing
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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DIVISION
I
1
ABORTION
PROHIBITION
2
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
146E.1
Abortion
——
prohibited.
3
1.
A
person
shall
not
knowingly
perform,
induce,
or
attempt
4
to
perform
or
induce
an
abortion
in
this
state.
5
2.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“abortion”
means
the
6
termination
of
a
human
pregnancy
with
the
intent
other
than
to
7
produce
a
live
birth
or
to
remove
a
dead
fetus.
8
DIVISION
II
9
CONFORMING
LEGISLATION
10
Sec.
2.
CONFORMING
LEGISLATION.
The
department
of
11
public
health
in
cooperation
with
the
office
of
the
attorney
12
general
shall,
in
compliance
with
section
2.16,
prepare
draft
13
legislation
for
submission
to
the
legislative
services
agency,
14
as
necessary,
for
consideration
by
the
general
assembly
during
15
the
legislative
session
immediately
following
the
effective
16
date
of
division
I
of
this
Act,
to
implement
conforming
changes
17
in
the
Code
resulting
from
the
enactment
of
division
I
of
this
18
Act.
19
DIVISION
III
20
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS
21
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
Division
I
of
this
Act
prohibiting
22
abortion
in
this
state
takes
effect
thirty
days
after
either
of
23
the
following,
whichever
is
earlier:
24
1.
The
issuance
of
a
United
States
Supreme
Court
judgment
25
in
a
decision
overruling,
wholly
or
partly,
Roe
v.
Wade,
410
26
U.S.
113
(1973),
as
modified
by
Planned
Parenthood
v.
Casey,
27
505
U.S.
833
(1992),
thereby
allowing
the
states
of
the
United
28
States
to
prohibit
abortion.
29
2.
The
adoption
of
an
amendment
to
the
United
States
30
Constitution
that,
wholly
or
partly,
restores
to
the
states
the
31
authority
to
prohibit
abortion.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
35
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This
bill
relates
to
prohibiting
abortion
in
the
state.
1
Division
I
of
the
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
knowingly
2
performing,
inducing,
or
attempting
to
perform
or
induce
an
3
abortion
in
this
state.
The
bill
defines
“abortion”
as
the
4
termination
of
a
human
pregnancy
with
the
intent
other
than
to
5
produce
a
live
birth
or
to
remove
a
dead
fetus.
6
Division
II
of
the
bill
requires
that
the
department
of
7
public
health
in
cooperation
with
the
office
of
the
attorney
8
general
shall,
in
compliance
with
Code
section
2.16
(prefiling
9
legislative
bills),
prepare
draft
legislation
for
submission
10
to
the
legislative
services
agency,
as
necessary,
for
11
consideration
by
the
general
assembly
during
the
legislative
12
session
immediately
following
the
effective
date
of
division
13
I
of
the
bill,
to
implement
conforming
changes
in
the
Code
14
resulting
from
the
enactment
of
division
I
of
the
bill.
15
Division
III
of
the
bill
provides
that
division
I
of
the
bill
16
prohibiting
abortion
in
this
state
takes
effect
30
days
after
17
the
earlier
of
either:
the
issuance
of
a
United
States
Supreme
18
Court
judgment
in
a
decision
overruling,
wholly
or
partly,
Roe
19
v.
Wade,
410
U.S.
113
(1973),
as
modified
by
Planned
Parenthood
20
v.
Casey,
505
U.S.
833
(1992),
thereby
allowing
the
states
of
21
the
United
States
to
prohibit
abortion;
or
the
adoption
of
22
an
amendment
to
the
United
States
Constitution
that,
wholly
23
or
partly,
restores
to
the
states
the
authority
to
prohibit
24
abortion.
25
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