A bill for an act relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions.

This bill would prohibit elective abortions in Iowa and create new penalties for actions that cause the death or serious injury of an unborn child. It redefines feticide to include intentionally terminating a pregnancy and increases penalties for related offenses, while also creating new misdemeanor charges for unintentionally causing harm to an unborn child. The bill includes exceptions for medical emergencies, preserving the life or health of the pregnant woman, and acts of self-defense, and states that pregnant women cannot be prosecuted for harm to their unborn child.

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