Iowa bill would criminalize abortion, treating it as homicide
THE DAILY IOWAN
An Iowa lawmaker introduced legislation to abolish and criminalize abortion by classifying it as homicide under state law on Friday. The bill, introduced by Rep. Zach Dieken, R-Granville, would recognize a fetus as a person from the moment of fertilization and apply existing homicide statutes to abortion procedures.
The legislation would criminalize abortion as murder for “all parties involved, including the pregnant mother,” according to a Friday news release from the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. The legislation was written by Bradley Pierce, president of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, an advocacy group that argues abortion should be treated as a criminal act rather than regulated through gestational limits.