HF 510: Relating to the Iowa human life protection Act, providing for civil actions and civil penalties, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill creates the Iowa human life protection Act in new Code chapter 146E, and provides for civil actions and civil penalties. The bill includes findings relating to human life and abortion.2 provides definitions used in the new Code chapter including “abortion fund”, “abortion-inducing drug”, “abortion provider”, “affiliate”, “aiding or abetting”, “attempt” or “attempts”, “elective abortion”, “fertilization”, “governmental entity”, “information content provider”, “interactive computer service”, “major bodily function”, “medical emergency”, “medically indicated separation procedure”, “perform”, “performance”, “performed”, “performs”, or “performing” relative to an elective abortion, “person”, “policy”, “political subdivision”, “pregnant”, “taxpayer resource transaction”, “unborn child”, and “woman” or “women”.

Lobbying · 8 for, 8 against

For: Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Lutheran Family Service; Protect My Innocence; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 28, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee