A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to medical treatment.

Senate

Joint

Resolution

2006

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Introduced

SENATE

JOINT

RESOLUTION

2006

BY

CAMPBELL

SENA

TE

JOINT

RESOLUTION

A

Joint

Resolution

proposing

an

amendment

to

the

Constitution

1

of

the

State

of

Iowa

relating

to

medical

treatment.

2

BE

IT

RESOLVED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

The

following

amendment

to

the

Constitution

of

1

the

State

of

Iowa

is

proposed:

2

Article

I

of

the

Constitution

of

the

State

of

Iowa

is

amended

3

by

adding

the

following

new

section:

4

Sec.

26.

Medical

treatment.

The

right

of

a

person

to

refuse

5

any

medical

procedure,

treatment,

injection,

device,

vaccine,

6

or

prophylactic

shall

not

be

impeded

or

interfered

with

in

any

7

manner.

Equality

of

rights

and

liberty

in

the

domain

of

public

8

accommodations

shall

not

be

denied,

abridged,

or

restricted

due

9

to

the

exercise

of

the

right

under

this

section.

10

Sec.

2.

REFERRAL

AND

PUBLICATION.

The

foregoing

proposed

11

amendment

to

the

Constitution

of

the

State

of

Iowa

is

referred

12

to

the

general

assembly

to

be

chosen

at

the

next

general

13

election

for

members

of

the

general

assembly,

and

shall

be

14

published

as

provided

by

law

for

three

consecutive

months

15

previous

to

the

date

of

that

election.

16

EXPLANATION

17

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

18

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

19

This

joint

resolution

proposes

an

amendment

to

the

20

Constitution

of

the

State

of

Iowa

providing

that

the

right

of

a

21

person

to

refuse

any

medical

procedure,

treatment,

injection,

22

device,

vaccine,

or

prophylactic

shall

not

be

impeded

or

23

interfered

with

in

any

manner.

The

proposed

amendment

also

24

provides

that

equality

of

rights

and

liberty

in

the

domain

25

of

public

accommodations

shall

not

be

denied,

abridged,

or

26

restricted

due

to

the

exercise

of

this

right.

27

The

resolution,

if

adopted,

would

be

published

and

then

28

referred

to

the

next

general

assembly

(92nd)

for

adoption

29

before

being

submitted

to

the

electorate

for

ratification.

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