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IA HSB704
SB
Status
2/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
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Requires physicians to perform an in-person examination of pregnant women before an abortion, including screening for signs of coercion or abuse, with referral to appropriate health care providers if necessary.
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Mandates that physicians prescribing abortion-inducing drugs obtain the patient's signature on an FDA patient agreement form and written confirmation that the woman has been informed of specific risks including hemorrhage, incomplete abortion, sepsis, and sterility.
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Requires physicians to inform patients that chemical abortion effects may be reversible and that information on reversal is available on the department's website.
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Physicians who fail to comply with these requirements are subject to licensee discipline under the Iowa Board of Medicine.
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Amends the definition of "abortion" to clarify it does not include treatment of spontaneous miscarriage if products of conception remain and need removal.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to abortions including informed consent, dispensing abortion-inducing drugs, and reporting abortion-inducing drug complications.(See HF 2563.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2563.
2/16/2026