Iowa enacted new restrictions on telehealth abortions by requiring an in-person prescription from a medical provider. House File 2788 also redefines “abortion” so that medical treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies cannot be treated as abortion care. The bill previously included a provision suggesting abortion seekers could face homicide charges. Iowa also signed Senate File 304, which requires parental or guardian consent for minors to receive HPV and hepatitis B vaccines. Experts note the HPV vaccine can reduce the risk of cervical cancer. The changes add to existing barriers created by a near-total six-week abortion ban and additional procedural requirements.
"Iowa on Tuesday became the 17th state to restrict access to telehealth abortions by imposing on them an in-person prescription requirement, and strictly by a medical provider, with House Bill 2788-one of 13 bills signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa). This comes as another setback in a state that already has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, during a time that feels especially fraught for medication abortions."
"Along with attacking telehealth abortions, HF2788 will also redefine "abortion" to specifically ensure medical treatment for miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies-conditions that are far less treatable under an abortion ban-cannot be construed as abortion treatments. In an earlier version of the bill, one provision also tried to suggest abortion seekers should be charged with homicide."
"Another bill Reynolds signed was Senate File 304, thus no longer allowing minors to get human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis B vaccines without parental or guardian consent-and adding another guardrail around a potentially life-saving vaccine. (Per experts, the HPV vaccine in particular is believed to reduce the risk of cervical cancer.)"
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