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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2332: Relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to elective abortions and feticide and provides criminal penalties. The bill defines “elective abortion”, “fertilization”, “medical emergency”, and “unborn child”.2 that prohibits a person from knowingly using, employing, or administering any drug, instrument, device, means, or procedure upon a pregnant woman with the specific intent to cause an elective abortion, or from aiding or abetting such conduct.2 who violates the bill shall be subject to licensee discipline. The board of medicine is directed to adopt administrative rules to administer and enforce the new Code section.

Sponsors

Rep. Eddie Andrews (R), Rep. Dr. Steven P. Bradley (R), Rep. Samantha Fett (R), Rep. Dean Fisher (R), Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R), Rep. Thomas Gerhold (R), Rep. Austin Harris (R), Rep. Helena Hayes (R), Rep. Bob Henderson (R), Rep. Steven C. Holt (R), Rep. Thomas M. Jeneary (R), Rep. Craig P. Johnson (R), Rep. Wendy Larson (R), Rep. Barb Kniff McCulla (R), Rep. Jeff Shipley (R), Rep. David Sieck (R), Rep. Travis M. Sitzmann (R), Rep. Henry Stone (R), Rep. Mark I. Thompson (R), Rep. Charley Thomson (R), Rep. Sam Wengryn (R), Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R), Rep. John H. Wills (R)

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named February 11, 2026

  • Rep. Jon Dunwell (R)
  • Rep. Samantha Fett (R) · samantha.fett@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D) · beth.wessel-kroeschell@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 11 for, 14 against

For: Anita Fischer - Personal Interest; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Iowa Right to Life Committee; Lutheran Family Service; Pulse Life Advocates; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa

Against: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Abolitionists; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Medical Society; Iowa Public Health Association; Jeremy Dannewitz; League of Women Voters of Iowa; One Iowa; and 2 more

In plain words

  1. February 6, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
  2. February 11, 2026House subcommittee named: Dunwell, Fett and Wessel-Kroeschell

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/91/HF2332