Bill Text: IA HF146 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting certain actions relating to abortifacient drugs in the state, and providing penalties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-30 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 202. [HF146 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF146-Introduced.html
House File 146 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 146 BY SHIPLEY , HAYES , BRADLEY , M. THOMPSON , SHERMAN , HENDERSON , OSMUNDSON , CISNEROS , THOMSON , STOLTENBERG , and WHEELER A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting certain actions relating to abortifacient 1 drugs in the state, and providing penalties. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1642YH (2) 90 pf/rh
H.F. 146 Section 1. Section 144.29A, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code 1 2023, is amended to read as follows: 2 k. The method used for an induced termination , including 3 whether mifepristone was used . 4 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 146E.1 Abortifacient drugs —— 5 prohibited in the state. 6 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 7 contrary, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, 8 distribute, prescribe, dispense, sell, or transfer 9 mifepristone, mifegyne, or mifeprex, or any substantially 10 similar generic or non-generic abortifacient drug in the state. 11 2. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 12 “C” felony. 13 3. This section shall not be construed to impose civil 14 or criminal liability on a woman upon whom an abortion is 15 performed or attempted in which an abortifacient drug otherwise 16 prohibited under this section is used. 17 4. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale, 18 use, prescription, or administration of any contraceptive agent 19 administered prior to conception or before a pregnancy can be 20 confirmed through conventional medical testing. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill provides that notwithstanding any other provision 25 of law to the contrary, it is unlawful for any person to 26 manufacture, distribute, prescribe, dispense, sell, or transfer 27 generic or non-generic abortifacient drugs in the state. A 28 person who violates the bill is guilty of a class “C” felony. 29 A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more 30 than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more than 31 $13,660. 32 The bill shall not be construed to impose civil or criminal 33 liability on a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or 34 attempted in which an abortifacient drug otherwise prohibited 35 -1- LSB 1642YH (2) 90 pf/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 146 under the bill is used. Additionally, the bill shall not 1 be construed to prohibit the sale, use, prescription, or 2 administration of any contraceptive agent administered prior 3 to conception or before a pregnancy can be confirmed through 4 conventional medical testing. 5 The bill makes a conforming change in the Code to eliminate a 6 reference to an abortifacient drug prohibited under the bill. 7 -2- LSB 1642YH (2) 90 pf/rh 2/ 2
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