HF 2389: Relating to medication abortions including required informed consent and the dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs to patients within the state, and providing penalties

What it does

This bill relates to medication abortions. The bill requires a private office, freestanding outpatient surgical facility, hospital, or other facility in which medication abortions are performed to conspicuously post a sign in a location as described in the bill relating to the effectiveness and possibility of avoiding, ceasing, or even reversing the effects of a medication abortion. The bill requires that, except in the case of a medical emergency, in addition to compliance with the abortion prerequisites of Code chapter 146A, a physician shall not perform or attempt to perform a medication abortion unless the physician who will perform the medication abortion, the referring physician, or an agent of either physician obtains written certification from the pregnant woman.

Lobbying · 6 for, 8 against

For: Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Iowans for LIFE; Lutheran Family Service; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation

Against: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Family Planning Council of Iowa; IA Mental Health Planning Council; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Independent Physician Group; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa; Planned Parenthood North Central States

In plain words

1. February 14, 2022Filed in the House