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Prohibiting certain actions relating to abortifacient drugs in the state, and providing penalties
Sponsored by Rep. Jeff Shipley (R)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, dispense, sell, or transfer generic or nongeneric abortifacient drugs in the state. A person who violates the bill is guilty of a class “C” felony. A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more than $13,660. The bill shall not be construed to impose civil or criminal liability on a woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted in which an abortifacient drug otherwise prohibited under the bill is used.
Read the full explanation
Additionally, the bill shall not be construed to prohibit the sale, use, prescription, or administration of any contraceptive agent administered prior to conception or before a pregnancy can be confirmed through conventional medical testing. The bill makes a conforming change in the Code to eliminate a reference to an abortifacient drug prohibited under the bill.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§146F.1
Amends§144.29A
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Lobbying
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Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 146 Prohibiting certain actions relating to abortifacient drugs in the state, and providing pe…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- HF 331 Prohibiting certain actions relating to abortifacient drugs in the state, and providing pe…89th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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