Des Moines, Iowa — A bill to mandate that doctors prescribing medication abortions tell patients another drug could reverse the process has resurfaced in the Iowa House.
Republican Representative Shannon Lundgren of Peosta says the bill has been a priority of hers for three years.
Karla Fultz McHenry is a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa and Iowa Independent Physician Group. She says the bill would force Iowa doctors to give inaccurate information to their patients.
Ten states have passed similar legislation and the American Medical Association sued North Dakota in 2019 to block that state’s law. The Iowa House Human Resources Committee approved this bill in 2021, but it was never debated in the full House. It cleared a House subcommittee Wednesday morning.
