Bill Text: IA HF58 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa House Bill 58 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing prerequisites to the performance of an abortion. (See Cmte. Bill HF 573)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Withdrawn. H.J. 573. [HF58 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF58-Introduced.html

House File 58 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  ROGERS, PETTENGILL,
                                     FRY, WILLS, MOMMSEN,
                                     WATTS, FISHER,
                                     WINDSCHITL, GASSMAN,
                                     SALMON, BAXTER,
                                     GUSTAFSON, HAGENOW,
                                     and HOLT

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing prerequisites to the performance of an
  2    abortion.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  146A.1  Prerequisites for abortion.
  1  2    1.  A physician performing an abortion shall certify in
  1  3 the woman's medical record all of the following prior to the
  1  4 performance of an abortion:
  1  5    a.  That the woman has undergone an ultrasound imaging of the
  1  6 fetus.
  1  7    b.  That the woman is given the opportunity to view the
  1  8 ultrasound image of the fetus.
  1  9    c.  That the woman is given the option of hearing a
  1 10 description of the ultrasound image and hearing the heartbeat
  1 11 of the fetus.
  1 12    2.  A physician who does not comply with this section is
  1 13 subject to license discipline pursuant to section 148.6.
  1 14    3.  For the purposes of this section, "abortion" means
  1 15 abortion as defined in section 146.1.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    This bill requires that prior to performing an abortion,
  1 20 a physician must certify in the woman's medical record that
  1 21 the woman has undergone an ultrasound imaging of the fetus;
  1 22 that the woman is given the opportunity to view the ultrasound
  1 23 image of the fetus; and that the woman is given the option of
  1 24 hearing a description of the ultrasound image and hearing the
  1 25 heartbeat of the fetus.  A physician who does not comply with
  1 26 the requirements is subject to license discipline under Code
  1 27 section 148.6, which may include a  civil penalty not to exceed
  1 28 $10,000.
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