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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa relating to the right to reproductive care
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 6, 2023
- Stopped: Approved in committeeDid not pass
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: Passes again next General AssemblyThe same wording, after an election
- Next: Voters decideOn the next general election ballot
Did not pass It didn’t pass both chambers before the General Assembly ended. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This resolution would change the Iowa Constitution to protect a person's right to reproductive freedom, including decisions about pregnancy, childbirth, and birth control. It would prevent the state from interfering with these private choices unless there is a very important reason to do so. While the state could still regulate abortion care after a fetus is viable, it could not ban an abortion if a doctor decides it is necessary to protect the health or life of the pregnant person.1
Read the official explanation
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. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the state may regulate the provision of abortion care after fetal viability, provided that under no circumstance shall the state prohibit an abortion that, in the professional judgment of an attending health care professional, is medically indicated to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual. The joint resolution, if adopted, would be published and then referred to the next general assembly (91st) for adoption, before being submitted to the electorate for ratification.
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