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Relating to the postfertilization age of an unborn child relative to an abortion, and making licensee discipline and civil penalties applicable
Topics:Health careReproductive rights
Same legislation: SF 377
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 23, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 amends Code chapter 146B (abortion —— postfertilization age) to provide that a physician shall not perform or attempt to perform an abortion upon a pregnant woman when it has been determined, by the physician performing the abortion or by another physician upon whose determination that physician relies, that the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child is or more weeks rather than or more weeks as provided in current law, unless, in the physician’s reasonable medical judgment, the pregnant woman has a condition which the physician deems a medical emergency, or the abortion is necessary to preserve the life of an unborn child.
Read the full explanation
The provisions under current law relating to civil actions and licensee discipline for violation of the Code chapter continue to apply to a physician who violates the bill. These include that failure of a physician to comply with any provision of the chapter with the exception of the late filing of a report or failure to submit a complete report in compliance with a court order, is grounds for licensee discipline under Code chapter 148; that a woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or has been attempted in violation of the Code chapter may maintain an action against the physician who performed or attempted the abortion in intentional or reckless violation of the Code chapter for actual damages; and that a woman and specified others may maintain a cause of action for injunctive relief to prevent a physician from performing an abortion if the physician intentionally violated the Code chapter.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named January 20, 2022. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§146B.2
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
7 for · 8 against · 3 undecided · Who →
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