While the bill does indeed take a bold step I hope they left a little room in the fine print for special circumstances. It would be disgusting to see an expectant mother die because a doctor’s hands were legally tied ( this happened in Ireland recently). Maybe I’m the only one who remembers thalidamide. Then there are hydro- and micro-cephalics and a range of other really dangerous fetal conditions that risk death to the mother if not dealt with when problems start. And then who will be prosecuted when a doctor creates a miscariage by prescribing meds for other conditions and they wind up not being compatible with a full term pregnancy??? It happens all the time. Absolutes never work out in spite of best intentions. I just hope these bill writers have done their homework and not created a whole new world of problems?
Murder charges are brought by county prosecutors.
What prosecutor would bring charges against someone who was trying to save as many innocent lives as he could in a triage situation?
By the way, there are other provisions in the Iowa Code that protect a doctor in a triage situation.
People die. Doctors are not God.