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(Des Moines, IA) -- Proposed legislation in the Iowa Senate would place new restrictions on the use of abortion medication in the state. Under Senate Study Bill 3115, abortion‑inducing drugs could be dispensed only to the woman seeking the abortion, and only during an in‑person visit at a doctor’s office.
The bill would also require prescribing physicians to obtain written confirmation that the patient has been informed of the medical risks associated with the drugs, and that she has been told a chemical abortion “may be reversible.”
Iowa’s six‑week abortion ban went into effect in 2024, two years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could set their own abortion laws.
A subcommittee meeting on the proposed medication‑abortion restrictions is scheduled for next week.