Bill Text: IA HF153 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the protection of life beginning at conception, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - Subcommittee reassigned, Heaton, Iverson, and Wessel-Kroeschell. H.J. 71. [HF153 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF153-Introduced.html
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BY
PEARSON
,
ALONS
,
BRANDENBURG
,
HAGER
,
MASSIE
,
ROGERS
,
RASMUSSEN
,
SWEENEY
,
HAGENOW
,
RAYHONS
,
IVERSON
,
HELLAND
,
DE
BOEF
,
SHAW
,
DOLECHECK
,
HANUSA
,
WINDSCHITL
,
VAN
ENGELENHOVEN
,
KLEIN
,
MOORE
,
CHAMBERS
,
HUSEMAN
,
ANDERSON
,
DRAKE
,
FRY
,
SODERBERG
,
WATTS
,
and
SCHULTZ
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
protection
of
life
beginning
at
1
conception,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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153
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
1.19
Rights
and
protections
1
beginning
at
conception.
2
The
sovereign
state
of
Iowa
recognizes
that
life
is
valued
3
and
protected
from
the
moment
of
conception,
and
each
life,
4
from
that
moment,
is
accorded
the
same
rights
and
protections
5
guaranteed
to
all
persons
by
the
Constitution
of
the
United
6
States,
the
Constitution
of
the
State
of
Iowa,
and
the
laws
of
7
this
state.
The
Iowa
supreme
court
shall
not
have
appellate
8
jurisdiction
over
the
provisions
of
this
section.
9
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
10
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
11
EXPLANATION
12
This
bill
establishes
that
the
sovereign
state
of
Iowa
13
recognizes
that
life
is
valued
and
protected
from
the
moment
14
of
conception
and
each
life
is
accorded
the
same
rights
and
15
protections
guaranteed
to
all
persons
by
the
constitutions
of
16
the
state
of
Iowa
and
the
United
States,
and
by
the
laws
of
17
the
state.
The
bill
also
provides
that
the
Iowa
supreme
court
18
does
not
have
appellate
jurisdiction
over
the
provisions
of
the
19
bill.
20
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
21
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