Bills › 91st General Assembly
Creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act
Sponsored by the House Health and Human Services Committee, Rep. Eddie Andrews (R), Rep. Dan Gehlbach (R), Rep. David E. Young (R)
Topics:Health careReproductive rights
Same legislation: HF 589
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 3, 2025
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 24, 202595–0
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- 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 creates the “Compassion and Care for Medically Challenging Pregnancies Act”. The bill provides definitions for “department”, “health care practitioner”, “lethal fetal anomaly”, and “perinatal hospice service” as used in the bill. The bill provides that a health care practitioner who diagnoses a lethal fetal anomaly may inform the pregnant woman, orally and in person, that perinatal hospice services are available and offer to refer the pregnant woman for such services; or provide the pregnant woman with the list and information sheet regarding available perinatal hospice services compiled and provided by the department of health and human services (HHS).
Read the full explanation
The bill requires HHS to compile a geographically organized list of, and an information sheet regarding, perinatal hospice services available in Iowa and nationally. HHS shall post the list and information sheet, available in both English and Spanish, on HHS’s internet site. The internet site and information sheet shall include a statement indicating that perinatal hospice services are an innovative and compassionate model of support for the pregnant woman who is informed that her baby has a lethal fetal anomaly and chooses to continue her pregnancy; a general description of the perinatal hospice services available; and at the request of a perinatal hospice service included on the list, the perinatal hospice service’s informational materials and contact information, including whether 24-hour perinatal hospice services are available.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Changed since by amendment H-1052; see Amendments. Full bill text
Senate subcommittee
Named March 26, 2025. Meeting: Wednesday, April 2 · 10:00 AM · Room 217 Conference Room.
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Iowa Code it changes
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Lobbying
11 for · 0 against · 12 undecided · Who →
Family tree
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 an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 2155 Creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2395 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2395 Creating the compassion and care for medically challenging pregnancies Act90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.