Bill Text: IA HF2297 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting certain actions regarding fetal body parts and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-09 - Withdrawn. H.J. 446. [HF2297 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2297-Introduced.html
House File 2297 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY SHEETS A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting certain actions regarding fetal body parts 2 and providing penalties. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5079YH (1) 86 pf/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 146B.1 Fetal body parts ==== actions 1 2 prohibited ==== penalties. 1 3 1. A person shall not knowingly acquire, provide, 1 4 receive, or use a fetal body part, regardless of whether 1 5 the acquisition, provision, receipt, or use is for valuable 1 6 consideration. 1 7 2. Subsection 1 shall not apply to any of the following: 1 8 a. Diagnostic or remedial tests, procedures, or observations 1 9 which have the sole purpose of determining the life or health 1 10 of the fetus in order to provide that information to the 1 11 pregnant woman or to preserve the life or health of the fetus 1 12 or pregnant woman. 1 13 b. The arranging, by a physician who induces or performs 1 14 an abortion, for the final disposition of fetal body parts 1 15 resulting from the abortion. 1 16 c. The actions of a person that are exclusively in the 1 17 furtherance of the final disposition of a fetal body part. 1 18 3. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 1 19 "C" felony. 1 20 4. For the purposes of this section: 1 21 a. "Abortion" means as defined in section 146.1. 1 22 b. "Fetal body part" means a cell, tissue, organ, or other 1 23 part of a fetus that is terminated by an abortion. 1 24 c. "Final disposition" means the disposition of fetal 1 25 body parts by burial, interment, entombment, cremation, or 1 26 incineration. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 30 This bill prohibits a person from knowingly acquiring, 1 31 providing, receiving, or using a fetal body part, regardless 1 32 of whether the acquisition, provision, receipt, or use is 1 33 for valuable consideration. However, the prohibition does 1 34 not apply to diagnostic or remedial tests, procedures, or 1 35 observations which have the sole purpose of determining 2 1 the life or health of the fetus in order to provide that 2 2 information to the pregnant woman or to preserve the life or 2 3 health of the fetus or pregnant woman; to the arranging by a 2 4 physician, who induces or performs an abortion, for the final 2 5 disposition of fetal body parts resulting from the abortion; or 2 6 the actions of a person that are exclusively in the furtherance 2 7 of the final disposition of a fetal body part. 2 8 A person who violates the bill is guilty of a class "C" 2 9 felony. A class "C" felony is punishable by confinement for no 2 10 more than 10 years and a fine of at least $1,000 but not more 2 11 than $10,000. LSB 5079YH (1) 86 pf/nh
