HSB 186 Iowa House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A bill for an act relating to medication abortions including required informed consent and the dispensing of abortion-inducing drugs to patients within the state.

This bill requires healthcare facilities performing medication abortions to post specific signage about the potential for reversal of abortion drugs and the need for immediate consultation. It mandates written informed consent before the procedure, including disclosure of risks, reversal options (stating "it may be possible to avoid, cease, or reverse" effects), and directing patients to the health department’s website. Following drug dispensing, facilities must provide written discharge instructions containing the same reversal information. The bill also prohibits dispensing mifepristone outside healthcare settings and requires documentation of compliance, without creating a right to abortion.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2025 Last action Mar 5, 2025
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Total actions
7
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Mar 5, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 775.
legislature
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee vote: Yeas, 13. Nays, 6. Excused, 2.
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report, recommending passage.
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passage.
legislature
Feb 19, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 12:00PM RM 19.
legislature
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee: Lundgren, Matson and Wood.
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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