{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-707c.3","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 707C.3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1. “Human reproductive cloning” means human asexual reproduction, using somatic cell nuclear transfer, for implantation or attempted implantation into a woman’s uterus or substitute for a woman’s uterus. “Human reproductive cloning” does not include somatic cell nuclear transfer performed for the purpose of creating embryonic stem cells.\n2. “Human somatic cell” means a diploid cell having a complete set of chromosomes obtained or derived from a living or deceased human body at any stage of development.\n3. “Oocyte” means a human ovum.\n4. “Somatic cell nuclear transfer” means a technique in which the nucleus of a human somatic cell is injected or transplanted into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte from which the nucleus has been removed.","path":["Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE (Ch. 687 - 916)","Chapter 707C - HUMAN STEM CELL RESEARCH AND CLONING"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/707C.3.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:17Z","sha256":"5ae536f8a199344db2066b2b05d072272916979da03dd6c2b2b6a54cace0ef76","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-707c.2","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-707c.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}