Statewide Iowa (RI) — Iowans will be required to get abortion medications in person, in a health-care setting, starting this summer.
Republican legislators who drafted the policy say it’s designed to stop the mail distribution of abortion pills. The bill takes effect July 1st, and it requires an in-person appointment with a doctor who must review the potential health effects of the medication and screen the patient for abuse or coercion.
Governor Kim Reynolds signed two other health-care bills on Tuesday.
One requires parental consent before minors can get the HPV vaccine, which protects against certain types of cancer in adulthood.
The other establishes a medical conscience provision, allowing Iowa health-care providers to refuse services or treatments they believe violate their ethical, moral, or religious beliefs.
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