HF 775: Relating to medication abortions including required informed consent and the dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs to patients within the state

What it does

This bill relates to medication abortions. The bill requires a private office, freestanding organized outpatient health 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.

House subcommittee · named February 17, 2025

• Rep. Shannon Lundgren (R) · shannon.lundgren@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Heather Matson (D) · heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Devon Wood (R) · devon.wood@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 10 for, 12 against

For: 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 Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Bitches Get Stuff Done; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Family Planning Council of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Medical Society; League of Women Voters of Iowa; Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 17, 2025Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee · as HSB 186
2. February 17, 2025House subcommittee named: Lundgren, Matson and Wood · as HSB 186
3. February 25, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it · as HSB 186
4. February 26, 2025Approved by the House committee · as HSB 186
5. February 26, 2025Committee vote: 13–6 · as HSB 186
6. March 5, 2025Filed in the House
7. March 5, 2025Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 775 · as HSB 186
8. April 3, 2025Sent to the House Health and Human Services committee