Senate File 11 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  JOHNSON

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to medical abortions and providing penalties.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  146A.1  Medical abortions ====
  1  2 restrictions ==== in=person administration ==== penalties.
  1  3    1.  For the purpose of this section:
  1  4    a.  "Medical abortion" means the use of a medication
  1  5 including but not limited to mifepristone or ulipristal acetate
  1  6 to terminate a pregnancy.
  1  7    b.  "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine
  1  8 and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery pursuant to
  1  9 chapter 148.
  1 10    2.  a.  Only a physician shall prescribe, dispense, or
  1 11 administer any medication for the purpose of inducing a medical
  1 12 abortion.
  1 13    b.  Any physician prescribing, dispensing, or administering
  1 14 a medication for the purpose of inducing a medical abortion
  1 15 shall also comply with all federal regulations relating to the
  1 16 prescribing, dispensing, and administering of such medication.
  1 17    c.  A physician shall only administer a medication for
  1 18 the purpose of inducing a medical abortion in person and in
  1 19 a clinic or hospital with the capacity to provide surgical
  1 20 intervention in cases resulting in an incomplete abortion or
  1 21 severe bleeding.
  1 22    3.  A physician who knowingly performs a medical abortion in
  1 23 violation of this section is guilty of a serious misdemeanor
  1 24 and is subject to revocation of licensure pursuant to chapter
  1 25 148.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 28 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 29    This bill defines "medical abortion" as the use of a
  1 30 medication including but not limited to mifepristone or
  1 31 ulipristal acetate to terminate a pregnancy.  The bill provides
  1 32 that only a physician shall prescribe, dispense, or administer
  1 33 any medication for the purpose of inducing a medical abortion.
  1 34 Additionally, the bill requires that any physician prescribing,
  1 35 dispensing, or administering a medication for the purpose of
  2  1 inducing a medical abortion shall comply with all federal
  2  2 regulations relating to such medication; and a physician shall
  2  3 only administer a medication for the purpose of inducing a
  2  4 medical abortion in person and in a clinic or hospital with the
  2  5 capacity to provide surgical intervention in cases resulting in
  2  6 an incomplete abortion or severe bleeding.
  2  7    A physician who knowingly performs a medical abortion in
  2  8 violation of the bill is guilty of a serious misdemeanor and
  2  9 is subject to revocation of licensure pursuant to Code chapter
  2 10 148.  A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no
  2 11 more than one year or a fine of at least $315 but not more than
  2 12 $1,875, or by both.