Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to the protection of life beginning at conception, and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the protection of life beginning at conception. The bill provides that the sovereign state of Iowa recognizes that life is valued and protected from the moment of conception and each life is accorded the same rights and protections guaranteed to all persons by the constitutions of the state of Iowa and the United States, and by the laws of the state. The bill provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the bill is not to be construed to create or recognize a right to an abortion; to impose civil or criminal liability on a woman upon whom an abortion is performed; or to prohibit the use of any means of contraception. The bill defines “abortifacient”, “abortion”, “conception”, and “contraception” for the purposes of the bill.