Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:

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.(See HF 775.)

Subcommittee members: Lundgren-CH, Matson, Wood

Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Time: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Location: RM 19

Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.

Comments Submitted:

02-20-2025

Ann Tigges

I am urging lawmakers to vote against this. Women should be allowed to make their own decisions about their body with their chosen health care provider and not have to undergo additional counseling by a non accredited/licensed individual giving them false information. Abortion care is health care regardless of a persons individual religious beliefs.

02-20-2025

Justin Scott

Forced birth? Iowa GOP loves big government when it controls women.Unproven abortion reversal? Junk science from the party of medical freedom. Choice isnt theirs to make, but thats never stopped them before. Know what is dangerous: legislating healthcare w/Bible verses.Ironic how they scream local control until a city dares disagree. Our bodies arent their battleground, but they sure wish they were.We get itif GOP men could get pregnant, abortion would be a drivethru. Are they lawmakers or just Gilead fanboys? Got it, Iowa GOP: science is fake, but your Bronzeage myths are law?Overwhelming ignorance isnt a governing strategy...try harder. Passing this bill proves theyre just cosplaytaliban with worse fashion and a weird obsession with genitals and bathrooms.

02-21-2025

Deborah Adams

I shudder to think how this will condemn a 14 y/o girl who makes a mistake or worse, is raped, to a life in ruins. And its only women who pay the price, not men, when it comes to sex. This is a catastrophic violation of human rights.

02-21-2025

Brette Deaton

Please vote against this bill. We have seen the impacts on women and children who are victims of rape in other states who have restricted access. Not to mention those who have medical emergencies. Not to mention that we should be for freedom and bodily autonomy in this country. I beg lawmakers to consider the suffering of the people who will be impacted and vote NO on this bill.

02-21-2025

Brette Deaton

02-21-2025

Brette Deaton

02-21-2025

Justin Sliekers

Oppose this bill.The language used to describe the "developing research" to be displayed in physician offices comes across as nothing more than a scare tactic for individuals already in a vulnerable position.Banning procurement of mifepristone other than from a physician will just continue to punish those without an established care provider and is rife with possibility of abuse.

02-21-2025

Julie Neff

Abortions up to six weeks remain legal in the state of Iowa. Nearly all elective pregnancy terminations, as well as the treatment of miscarriage and postpartum bleeding, are effectively treated with Mifepristone and Misoprostol.Iowa women and their physicians have the inherent right to manage their pregnancy and birth complications with these drugs which are safe, effective, and private. Attempting to ban abortions for Iowa women by backdooring with a ban on the necessary medication is disrespectful to women, disrespectful to rule of law, and a violation of the medical privacy that exists between a woman and her medical provider. I am strongly opposed to HSB 186 and the barely veiled attack on the rights of women to control their own bodily autonomy.

02-21-2025

Katherine Styrt

There is no such thing as an abortion reversal procedure. Requiring medical professionals to talk about a nonexistent, unsuccessful procedure is a scam, and will misleading pregnant people. Iowans deserve to have factual information, and the freedom to make their own decisions about abortion and pregnancy.

02-21-2025

Erin Casey

I implore you not to pass this bill. Women should have a right to have an abortion. Too many times we forget about the mental and physical health of the woman when crusading to save the fetus. There are many reasons why a person would seek an abortion and it should be up to them and their care provider, not the government. If these pills/if abortion is banned, it will still happen, but it will be far more dangerous. This is a slippery slope. If abortion pills are banned, how long before birth control pills are banned as well (which seems counterproductive, doesn't it?) We don't want people to have abortions, but we also don't want them to have the tools to help protect them from getting pregnant in the first place. In the case of this bill, providing false information about the pills is wrong. Forcing the woman to write her consent, and leaving it up to the physician to decide if she can or can't have the pill is wrong. I strongly oppose HSB 186.

02-21-2025

Lauri Coffman

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT ABOUT THIS BILL PROTECTS WOMEN'S FREEDOMS? NO YOU CAN'T. OPPOSE HSB 186. STOP HATING WOMEN AND OUR HEALTHCARE. FFS....STOP kissing your golden god's (dumps) a. DO YOU F'ING JOB AND WORK FOR ALL AMERICANS. STOP ALL THIS HATE. We're paying you to work for all Americans. Gesus....

02-21-2025

Abby Michael

I urge you to reject this bill. There is no evidence supporting that an abortion can be "reversed." This misinformation is extremely dangerous to Iowans. Abortion medication is safer than other common medication such as Tylenol. Iowans deserve medically accurate, scientific healthcare information.

02-21-2025

Sarah Elgatian

Please vote against this bill. We know that all this does is hurt people. It hurts families, it hurts the children born unwanted, it hurts the mental and physical health of the person forced to carry a pregnancy. Passing this law will kill people. Please recognize the suffering of our communities who will be hurt by restricted access. Vote NO on this bill to save lives.

02-21-2025

Tim Millea, M.D.

The support for and advancement of this bill is of paramount importance. After nearly fifty years in medicine, I find it profoundly difficult to understand why a medication like mifepristone is provided without concerns for its risks. Women undergoing chemical abortions are 50% more likely to present to emergency departments for complications, and 15% will experience hemorrhage. The dangers are clear. One life is expected to end. Another life, that of the mother, is at significant risk.It is important for those opposed to this bill to be aware that there are many children living in Iowa today because of successful abortion reversal treatment. Prolife women's clinics in the state have been providing this service free of charge for several years, and have saved many lives. Chemical abortion reversal leads to successful pregnancies in at least 65% of cases. This bill will institute what every patient deserves for any intervention: informed consent, documentation, and physician responsibility for their patient's wellbeing.

02-21-2025

Debra Zupke

Please reject this bill in every form. I urge lawmakers to leave medical decisions between doctors and patients and not legislate inaccurate, misleading, and ultimately harmful information. This bill is nothing more than another attempt to control the bodies of women and people capable of pregnancy.

02-21-2025

Gabriela Fuentes

I urge you to vote no on HSB 186. This bill would attack abortion access in Iowa by requiring biased counseling that includes false claims about medication abortion reversal. To be clear: There is no evidence supporting these claims. In fact, scientific research demonstrates that it could be dangerous for patients. Medication abortion is safe, effective, and has been used by more than five million people in the United States for abortion and miscarriage care since it was approved more than 20 years ago. People deserve to have access to this essential health care without being presented with misinformation first.PLEASE REJECT HSB 186.

02-22-2025

Amy Barrett

Looking over this document from 3 views.1. From a pro choice view; a. counseling by those giving the medication is not always adequately understood, so every effort should be made to give women all their safe options. b. assuring the medication is given to the patient who is eligible, as in within the appropriate limits of effectiveness, is crucial. c. some women may choose a medication abortion thinking they can later change their minds and then finding this is not always the case.From a pro choice view: some women may choose a medication option thinking it can be reversed who would have otherwise done nothing, b.being the prescribing agency who does the counseling allows that agency to provide options and research from their organizations mission view, c.a sign in a prominent location provides an added layer of protection against legal claims that information was not given to a patient. Looking at the word choice in the document; nice choice of the words "may" and "or" in the section "cease, end, reverse". I have heard opposition to the term reverse, and I agree. Cease and end covers reverse. There must be better word choices such as"you may be able to terminate ( or stop) the effects of the medication" or something that is more accurate.This issue is very deep and layered. I have been challenged to respond from a nonbiased view.

02-22-2025

Dessie Sliekers

I implore you to please vote NO on this bill. These medications have been proven safe and safely used for decades. They pose no threat to women and women deserve agency over their own bodies and should have the authority to choose medications and medical procedures that are best for them.

02-23-2025

Angel Head

First and foremost, what you believe to be "abortion pills" are healthcare. Medication that is used not just to help a body dispel some cells that "may" have been created during a sexual act, or an embryo which is nonviable, but for a number of other healthcare issues for women. For example, my Mother had ovarian cancer. (Gratefully, through medicine and science, she survived.) But, myy body constantly creates cancerlike symptoms and growths in my reproductive system. Recently, after ultrasounds and an MRI, they needed to do a biopsy inside my uterus. To do this I needed to take the same medicine that is in Plan B Mifepristone the night before to try to expand my cervix and allow them access the next day to my uterus. I took it at home because it is completely safe, scientifically backed, and thoroughly tested and fell the slow expansion of my cervix including cramping and some pain. These were managed by OTC pain meds and heat as with a period. My biopsy was still painful insurance does not cover in office biopsy pain meds for women's reproductive health. Gratefully, my biopsy for cancer was negative this time. But, without Mifepristone, I would have been required to have hospitalized surgery for the biopsy, or worse if I had not had insurance, I might have been left to have a malignancy spread, simply because access to my uterus would have been out of my fiscal means. Your choice to go after Mifepristone is entirely political and not science based. Women in your life will face these moments perhaps a nonviable pregnancy, perhaps cancer turning your backs on them to make political points with ghouls who have no interest in their care is offensive.I wish I did not know that the point of bills like this trying to control a woman's every movement, and her healthcare are about just that, control. Every time you try to take away a woman's rights it is a test on the populace. Will they try to stop this authoritarian move? Or, can this help lead to you taking away the rights of others. As lawmakers you should be vigilant that you are not being used, and in the end, hurting Iowans for purely cruel purposes.

02-23-2025

Shannon Stack

I strongly oppose this bill. Iowa has gutted rural healthcare, passed an abortion law basically banning it & continues to watch doctors flee the state while pretending to care about voters. Do not add this blatant attempt to use Christian antiscience & small government counsel in a final act to fully control ANY choice we have in our own healthcare and bodily autonomy.

02-23-2025

Stacy Volmer

I strongly oppose HSB 186, which imposes harmful and unnecessary restrictions on medication abortions. This bill is not based on credible medical evidence and undermines patient care.The bill's requirement to post signage suggesting that medication abortions can be "reversed" promotes misinformation. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) states these claims are unproven and unethical. Forcing healthcare professionals to share false information violates their duty to provide evidencebased care.Mandating that physicians inform patients about abortion "reversal" further compromises informed consent by promoting misleading claims. Patients deserve accurate, unbiased informationnot political rhetoric.Requiring mifepristone to be dispensed only in healthcare settings creates unnecessary barriers, especially for rural patients. The FDA already ensures medication safety, and additional restrictions only delay care.HSB 186 also threatens healthcare providers with disciplinary action, discouraging them from offering essential services. This bill is a clear attempt to restrict reproductive freedom and interfere with private medical decisions.I urge legislators to reject HSB 186 and protect evidencebased medical care and patient autonomy. Politicians should not interfere in private healthcare decisions.

02-23-2025

Tracy Creason

OPPOSED!Once again, narrow minded Iowa legislators are pushing their personal beliefs on the people of Iowa as they continue the attack on reproductive healthcare requiring physicians and the medical profession to lie to their patients, provide unnecessary biased counseling and additional obstacles to get the healthcare they need. HSB 186 requires doctors to make false claims and post these claims stating medication abortion can be reversed, but these claims havent been proven in reliable medical studies. They have been rejected by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and in fact, scientific research demonstrates that it could be dangerous for patients. Medication abortion is safe, effective, and has been used by more than five million people in the United States for abortion and miscarriage care since it was approved more than 20 years ago by the FDA. More than half of the abortions in the United States are done using medication abortions. People deserve to have access to this essential health care without being presented with misinformation first. Medication abortion, is similar to a miscarriage, many people feel like its more natural and less invasive. Doctors should never be required to lie to their patients. Medication abortion is a safe, effective form of reproduction healthcare and should be available to Iowans without biased restrictions. People must be allowed to make their own healthcare decisions based on factual information from their healthcare provider. It amazes me that any Legislator that is also a healthcare provider would be in favor of taking a way the reproductive healthcare decision of people as well as push for laws structured pushing inaccurate, biased information. I urge Iowa Legislators to VOTE NO on HSB 186 and bring back civility, honesty and respect to healthcare in Iowa. Represent Iowans and give them the power of decision in their reproductive healthcare.

02-23-2025

Benjamin Larson [Nebraska Cardiac Care]

As a nurse, I demand a vote NO on this bill we do not need more nanny state demanding us to cover dangers of some medications and this is little more than attempting to shame people for using them. Should I begin shaming older men for using viagra and cialis? Should I make my patients sign in triplicate for Tylenol since that can cause liver failure at high enough doses?

02-23-2025

Rebekah Jacobs

Please vote OPPOSED to HSB 186. Mifepristone is used for managing miscarriages as well as abortions. Women making this very difficult decision shouldn't feel like they are being given a scarlet letter to wear. Iowa should trust women and their doctors to make informed decisions about their own healthcare.

02-23-2025

Jackie Cordon

This bill interferes in a persons healthcare decisions and their right to choose who they get information from. Dictating that inaccurate and unproven information be given to someone over a medical procedure is forcing a healthcare provider to commit medical malpractice. And its cruel and had one purpose to achieve the goal of preventing women from accessing abortion medication.

02-23-2025

Elizabeth Estling

I oppose this bill. Women WILL DIE. Republican women. White women. Moms. The people voting for this bill you WILL lose people you care about with this bill. The more restrictions you put in place to target people, the more harm ripples out. The only way to actually keep moms and babies safe is to follow science.

02-23-2025

Bonita Moore

I appeal to you to not harm women by supporting this bill. Let us decide if we need to use it or not. I have supported women who had children they were not ready to take care of. These children become the victims. Low tests score and other school problems because these children are not getting the parental care they require. Women who are not ready to have children should be able to make their own choices not someone in legislature who thinks they us better than we know ourselves. ARE YOU READY TO RAISE UNWANTED CHILDREN???

02-23-2025

Katy Hardy

Please vote Opposed to HSB 186. This medication is prescribed to a patient by their licensed medical physician. The risks and benefits were discussed between patient and the licensed medical physician before this medication was prescribed. In some cases, this medication is needed to ensure the health and safety of the woman who is going through the traumatizing loss of their child through miscarriage. Iowa should trust their citizens and their doctors to make informed decisions regarding their bodies and health. No one should be shamed for making this difficult decision or by doing what is best for their body.

02-24-2025

Alanna Reeves

I am writing to express my strong opposition to House Study Bill 186, which mandates that healthcare providers inform patients about the possibility of "abortion reversal" during the medication abortion process. This requirement is deeply concerning, as it promotes a practice unsupported by credible scientific evidence and may compromise patient safety.The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has stated that claims regarding abortion "reversal" treatments are not based on science and do not meet clinical standards and a systematic review published in 2023 concluded that there is insufficient evidence to recommend progesterone treatment for reversing the effects of mifepristone. Moreover, the study highlighted potential safety concerns, as one trial was halted due to severe bleeding in participants.Informed consent is a cornerstone of ethical medical practice, requiring that patients receive accurate and evidencebased information to make wellinformed decisions about their healthcare. Requiring providers to discuss an unproven and potentially unsafe procedure undermines this principle and may erode trust in the patientprovider relationship.Further, restricting mifepristone will not stop abortionit will force women into riskier, more dangerous alternatives. In states where abortion restrictions have been enacted, hospitals are already reporting increased cases of sepsis, hemorrhage, and other lifethreatening complications from delayed or denied miscarriage care. In some cases, women have been sent home with no medical options until they develop serious infections because doctors fear legal consequences. Iowa cannot afford to follow this dangerous path.Additionally, many women in Iowa, particularly in rural areas, already face severe barriers to reproductive healthcare. Mifepristone is a lifeline for those who cannot easily access surgical abortion services or who need swift and private miscarriage management. Taking away this option will only harm vulnerable populations and increase maternal health risks.VOTE NO in regards to HSB 186

02-24-2025

Sarah Tebbe

I vehemently oppose this bill. Women have the right to make health and reproductive decisions on their own with their doctors. Stop putting additional restrictions and intimidations in place. We the people are speaking out loudly and clearly. Do NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL.

02-24-2025

VaLinda Parsons

This bill intentionally misstates scientific facts (I.e. medicationinduced abortions can be reversed). I call BS on this as it is simply one more effort to put roadblocks in front of women who wish to control their own bodies. DO NOT PASS THIS CRUEL BILL. Get out of our uteri!

02-24-2025

Doreen Cruz

Vote no on this bill. It is up to a woman to decide what is best not law makers. Especially men! This is a personal choice and the state government should have no say in what a woman wants to do when it comes to her pregnancy.

02-24-2025

LINDA SCHNEIDER

Please vote NO on this bill. Women, doctors, and their partners should be making the decisions on their reproductive treatments. I always find the "informed consent" clauses to be problematic. Men never have to worry about their rights for reproductive health decisions. We never infringe on theirs.Please side with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists. I trust their opinion in this matter.Thank you.

02-24-2025

Dolores Arndt

Women should have control of their own bodies and not some politician. The decision to have an abortion should be between a woman and her doctor along with any family members that she chooses to include. There are a multitude of reasons to have an abortion and ALL of them are painful and not done with flippant reasoning. These are life changing decisions that will change the woman and any others involved in the process for the remainder of their lives.

02-24-2025

Linda Larson

I object to the intent of HSB186 to charge anyone prescribing mifepristone to be charged with a felony. Mifepristone has proven to be a safe and effective means of preventing pregnancy in the very early stages. This can be invaluable for victims of sexual assault. Unlike the language of HSB186, there is no scientific proof that the effect of mifepristone can be reversed. The real intent of HSB186 is to dominate the lives of females. There is also an intent to prevent medical practitioners from treating patients based on best known current scientific practice.

02-24-2025

Delynn Brandenburg

Women, girls, and anyone else who receive abortion care and pregnancy care deserve to have to upmost CORRECT and HELPFUL information. It would be a doctor, such as an OBGYN, who makes the decision about that is correct or not. This bill could require misleading information be given to the people who need our help the most, especially misleading information about reversal potentials. I am very concerned about my future health if I stay here in Iowa. I would consider permanent birth control or moving out of state, BECAUSE OF Iowa's abortion bans and other laws like this one about pregnancy. Which is a shame as I have grown up, went to college and currently live in Iowa. Abortion bans have a proven record of leading to long term harm, both for society and women as a whole, but also women and girls who are personally pregnant. It even leads to death! Women have been bleeding out in parking lots with states that have abortion bans. If this bill passes, I will count it as just another reason to leave Iowa! I'd like to live in a state where the lawmakers actually cares about it's citizens, and that ain't Iowa.

02-24-2025

Teresa Behal [none]

This bill, HSB 186, is attempt to further ban adequate healthcare for women. Denying doctors the ability to provide adequate care and proper medications to administer to their patient's well being is a gross discrimination. Bill HSB 186 must be voted DOWN. Women deserve proper care without interference from the state.

02-24-2025

Judah Richardson

This bill would attack abortion access in Iowa by requiring biased counseling that includes false claims about medication abortion reversal. To be clear: There is no evidence supporting these claims. In fact, scientific research demonstrates that it could be dangerous for patients. Please vote "NO" on this bill.

02-24-2025

Elisabeth Norwood

I oppose HSB 186. The legislature has no business dictating what medical information is given to patients. Those decisions should be made by medical providers, who are in a position to provide medically accurate information,

02-24-2025

Amy Moore

I OPPOSE this bill. Our women of Iowa deserve the best of medical care. When a pregnancy goes wrong or a women does not miscarry naturally we would not want to see her suffer medically (sepsis, fallopian tube rupture etc.). Please leave medical decisions between the patient and their doctor. Thank you for caring about our women!

02-24-2025

Karen Agee

It would certainly not be wise to require healthcare providers to offer medically incorrect information, like reversal of an abortion. This would be unethical. If you want to REDUCE the number of gynecologists and general practitioners in Iowa, this would be a great way to do it.

02-24-2025

Teresa Wellman Wellman

I vehemently OPPOSE this bill. This is more nanny state from this legislature. You need to trust women and their doctors to determine their course of care. I have experienced spontaneous abortionsthey cannot be stopped. Elective abortions for whatever reason are NONE OF THE STATES business. If this body cared about women, then it would stay out of womens medical affairs and focus on childcare, public school funding, affordable housing, and equal pay for equal work. This bill is performative, no more.

02-24-2025

Kelly McCormick

This bill is not based in science. It's based on lies, blatant misinformation, and intentional manipulation. The goal is to continually strip women of their human rights to bodily autonomy; which you have absolutely no right to do. I oppose this bill as do the majority of Iowans. You work for us. Do better.

02-24-2025

Jasmine McAleavey

I oppose this bill. Women can make their own decisions for health. Health decisions are between a person and their medical professional. Get the government out of our uteruses! Stop trying to put antiscience rhetoric into law.

02-24-2025

Jennifer Riley

Once again, politicians making decisions for people, that they have no expertise about. This is a drug that has long been proved to be safe. I do believe that Viagra is more dangerous than a lot of medications. Why aren't you looking into this?Stop the nonsense already and focus on issues that actually affect Iowans. I think the people have spoken.when will you listen?

02-25-2025

Dustin Olsem

Hi, since I am not a woman but I am white I assume you'll actually listen to me. Let women make their own decisions. A vast majority of men in power do not actually know the science and medicine behind this. Please let women have their own control.

02-25-2025

Veronica Ruse

Legislative mandates based on unproven, unethical research are dangerous to womens health.The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology says abortion reversals aren't supported by scientific evidence. There are no proven treatments or FDAapproved methods for medication abortion reversals.I urge you to vote NO on this bill that would jeopardize the health of Iowa women by feeding us false and medically inaccurate information.

02-25-2025

Carol Turner

Why on earth would we require medical providers to give patients false information? That is just stupid. Has Iowa lost all common sense? Informed consent is one thing. Shaming people who need abortions is another. Really what has happened to Iowa?

02-25-2025

Kristin Dietzel

Women and other states are getting sepsis and dying because of laws like this. It does not work to legislate healthcare in this way. We do not need further barriers to healthcare for women, particularly ones like this that are relying on inaccurate and/or inconclusive science. Please instead work to make our state woman friendly.

02-25-2025

Robin Knight

I am requesting that this bill is not enacted as currently written. While it is always important to provide information to the patient and request consent , I disagree that it must be administered in a health professional office. If the patient is u dear a Drs care, they should be able to determine the best delivery method for that patient. The government has no business getting involved.

02-25-2025

Zoë Frey

This is hazardous and peoples lives are in danger because of this. Not the unborn, but actual physical beings who have already existed. If you are for this bill because you're "pro life", you need to consider exactly who this impacts. Lives of human beings, present day. People die from pregnancies, people don't have the financial means to provide for children, people don't have the mental capacity to be parents, people just don't want children period, and that's okay. The future will see consequences of this bill being passed, as if we aren't already in that state right now. Look at the foster care system. Look at the unhoused community. Look at the lack of support in the mental health field. Look at the applications flowing through of folks getting denied food or medical assistance. These are the areas that should be focused on, that would be more "pro life". Caring for people who are here and need you more than anyone needs this.

02-25-2025

Kim Schmidt

This bill should not be considered, let alone passed. To deliberately misinform folks that are already in a vulnerable state is cruel and should not be law. Stop regulating womans choices and bodies. Freedom of choice should be for everybody, not just the few in positions of power.

02-25-2025

Chelsea Mumm

The concept of "abortion reversal" is inaccurate, misleading and solely meant to confuse and dissuade pregnant people from making the right choice for themselves, their bodies and their health. This is yet another effort of those against abortion to further radicalize our health care laws, building off of last year's neartotal abortion ban. Medication abortion is proven, safe, and FDAapproved, and is used for more than 60% of abortions nationwide. Your personal beliefs are just that: personal. They do not trump objective, researchbased medicinal care. Please vote against HSB 186.

02-25-2025

Megan Casebolt

Oppose this bill. I am a registered nurse and this is not based in appropriate science based healthcare.The language used to describe the "developing research" to be displayed in physician offices comes across as nothing more than a scare tactic for individuals already in a vulnerable position.

02-25-2025

Jodi O'Donnell

This is such dystopian BS. Asking patients to sign a doc that LIES about the outcomes of medication abortion is right out of The Handmaid's Tale. The LIE about "abortion reversal" is dangerous and medically unproven. You can't require patients to sign off that they have received FALSE information. REJECT this bill!

02-25-2025

Sara Frahm

HSB 186 attacks abortion access in Iowa by requiring biased counseling that includes false claims about medication abortion reversal. To be clear: There is no evidence supporting these claims. In fact, scientific research demonstrates that it could be dangerous for patients.https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10850668/#R22https://www.acog.org/advocacy/factsareimportant/medicationabortionreversalisnotsupportedbysciencehttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307140

02-25-2025

Alina Beltrami

I urge committee members to reject HSB 186. There is no scientific or medical evidence that proves that reversing a medication abortion is possible: no clinical trials, no objective or credible data. In fact, scientific research demonstrates that it could be dangerous for patients. Research has shown that medication abortions are safe and actually safer than childbirth for many. I am happy to provide trusted research as well. This bill inappropriately intrudes upon the vital physicianpatient relationship. Iowans need to receive accurate information about all their options so they can make their own, fully informed decisions about their health, family, and future. As a future physician myself finishing up my fourth year of medical school here in Des Moines I have seen the need for accurate information given to patients because the amount of wrong information spewed towards them makes them afraid of the future. It makes me afraid of the future and what it means to be a woman in the United States. Every person in the US has the right to privacy with their provider and the decisions they make and not be forced to live under what some believe to be true.

02-25-2025

Mary Kay Madsen

I urge rejection of HSB 186. There is NO evidence supporting claims that medication abortions can be reversed. In fact, scientific research demonstrates that is can be dangerous for women. Why would you vote for a bill that has the potential of harming a woman.

02-25-2025

Cynthia Paschen

There were hundreds of us at the Capitol yesterday. We were loud, and a couple of us were arrested for simply expressing our First Amendment rights. Shameful.Listen to our voices. We may not agree with everything, but let's agree to follow science. These drugs are safe. Listen to women. Listen to physicians. Acknowledge that this legislation will cause harm to people you love.Vote NO.Please.

02-25-2025

Catharine Fitzsimmons

I urge you to vote against this bill. HSB 186 fails to respect decisions made by women, their choices, and bodily autonomy. It would require the department and health care providers to post unsubstantiated claims about standards of care.

02-25-2025

Julie Sands

I strongly urge you to vote no to HSB 186 because, claims regarding abortion reversal treatment are not based on science and do not meet clinical standards, as stated by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. These reversals are unproven, unethical, and dangerous to womens health (https://rb.gy/2q330s). The whole bill is actually dangerous to women, requiring a medical emergency in order to have a medicated abortion. You are taking away the rights of women over their own bodies. In addition, limiting mifepristone and misoprostol distribution to medical professionals is limiting healthcare options for women. Please hear our voices, my voice, as a woman, and vote no to HSB 186.

02-25-2025

Jessica Van Dalen

As a healthcare professional I greatly oppose this bill. No government should make medical decisions for its people. The decision should always be between the patient and provider. Our nation is already struggling with the health of the people and passing this bill will only further worsen it.

02-25-2025

Jody Zimple

Stop this madness this is insane. Our governor and the federal government is insane. Give us our human rights back. Give us back our right to vote. Give us back our right to our own bodies. Give us all back what youre stealing from us. This is cruel and inhumane think of your own children think of your own daughters think of your wife or husband do you understand that taking all these rights away from women if youre a woman it takes your rights to even though youre in the government This is second and wrong.

02-25-2025

Merric Bower

Vote no on this bill. I am a doula, a learned individual in gynecological care around childbirth. There is no sufficient proof that "abortion reversing medication" has the intended effects. At best, it does nothing and the question is about the efficacy of the abortion medication/s already taken. At worse, it can cause harm including hemorrhaging that needs to be controlled immediately to prevent death. Studies on the theoretical reversal medications have had to be stopped early for the safety of test subjects. Not following up mifepristone with misoprostol as directed by medical professionals is dangerous to the person's health.Do not contribute to the already atrocious maternal death rate in this country and in this state. Vote no on HSB186