Amendment H-1369 to HF 732
Prohibiting and requiring certain actions relating to abortion involving the detection of a fetal heartbeat, and including effective date provisions
Ruled out of order · July 11, 2023Strike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed July 11, 2023 in the House by
What it changes
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- NEW SECTION . 146E.1 Right to reproductive freedom.
- The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom and an individual’s most private decisions concerning reproductive freedom shall not be infringed. Reproductive freedom includes but is not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care. The sovereign state of Iowa affirms and recognizes the right to reproductive freedom to be a fundamental individual right.
- An individual’s right to reproductive freedom shall not be denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the state may regulate the provision of abortion care after fetal viability, provided that under no circumstance shall the state prohibit an abortion that, in the professional judgment of an attending health care professional, is medically indicated to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual. Sec.
- EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.”
- Title page, by striking line 2 and inserting “reproductive freedom, and”