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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HJR 9: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care

Did not pass · It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended.

What it does

reproductive care specifying: 1. The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom and an individual’s most private decisions concerning reproductive freedom shall not be infringed. Reproductive freedom includes but is not limited to prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, miscarriage management, and infertility care. 2. An individual’s right to reproductive freedom shall not be denied, burdened, or infringed upon unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 3 for, 2 against

For: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

Against: Iowa Right to Life Committee; VALOR Iowa

In plain words

  1. April 6, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HJR9