Meeting Public Comments

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Comments Submitted:

02-25-2025

Dawnye Sturtz

I strongly oppose HSB 186. This is a decision that should be made between a woman and her doctor. Politicians have no business intruding on the rights of women, and it is an attack on them as well as our medical professionals. This is another government overreach. Stay out of our bedrooms. Stay out of medical offices.

02-25-2025

Brianne Arends

Please vote no. As a healthcare decision this should not be legislated. Additionally, considering Republicans like the idea of fiscal responsibility, as a state we are not prepared economically for increased births of babies who will more than likely have special needs as a result of forced birth. Womens increased healthcare costs, lost wages, and costs to place those children in care. We already have a huge deficit in foster and adoptive homes in our state. We are having to send our children out of state for adoption because we dont have in state options and there are additional costs in order to do so. Even if we keep these children in care at a minimum we are covering their healthcare costs until they are at least 18 and we may be paying up to 960.00 per baby per month they are in care.

02-25-2025

Merric Bower

Vote no. As a doula, I have studied mifepristone extensively. Not only is it crucial medication for treating someone suffering from complications from a miscarriage, but it also should not be for the government to decide when a person does and does not need an abortion. Mifepristone has been shown to be a safer medicine than Tylenol or Viagra. Abortion is medically safer than giving birth. Let people make their own choices in consultation with their healthcare providers. Do not outlaw an essential medication. Vote no

02-25-2025

Sharon Dendurent

Vote NO on HSB136. Women have the right to determine what is necessary for their health. They also need to be able to make decisions about their bodies. Keep the government out of women's heath. These issues are between a woman and her doctor.

02-25-2025

Sarah Hubbard

I have the right to make medical decisions about my body with my doctor and myself. The government has no right to interfere with those decisions. Already established body autonomy establishes this. No one else's personal opinion and/or moral values matters. All that is to be considered is what is discussed between my doctor and I which is private & protected by HIPPA. The US is not a Christian nation. The Founders were very clear in establishing no religion be forced on anyone. Stop imposing your feelings, religion, whatever onto women & let them be responsible for their own lives. If we can be trusted to give birth and raise children then we certainly can make our own medical decisions.

02-26-2025

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.

02-26-2025

Olivia Houchins-McCallum

Vote no. Requiring misinformation about healthcare is wrong and there is no way around that. All this bill will accomplish is to hurt people who are seeking healthcare. Getting healthcare is already a fraught experience for women and pregnant people, and to make it harder would be an insult to your constituents. Abortion is already difficult enough yo access. Abortion is a common and extremely safe procedure. To prevent people from accessing it is to directly cause more complications and deaths.

02-26-2025

Gwendolyn Farris

I strongly oppose this bill. We should allow people the personal freedom to make decisions regarding their reproductive health. Access to healthcare and medically accurate information is a fundamental human right that should not be legislated away.

02-26-2025

Tamara DeSchepper

Vote NO! Mifepristone has been proven to be safe over decades of use and doesn't need to be dispensed in a health care setting. On the other hand, so called "abortion reversals" are not only unproven, but are also considered to be unsafe to administer to women by actual medical professionals. How many more women need to suffer and die because of ill thought out laws like this?

02-26-2025

Ashley Jennings

I strongly oppose House Study Bill 186, which places additional and unnecessary barriers on women seeking medication abortion in Iowa. This bill is not about patient safety or informed consentit is about making it harder for individuals to access legal reproductive healthcare.Iowa already has laws mandating waiting periods and preabortion counseling of their options, ensuring that patients receive the information they need to make informed decisions. HSB186 goes beyond these requirements, imposing more restrictions that serve only to delay and discourage access to care. These added regulations do not improve patient outcomes; they create logistical and financial burdens, disproportionately impacting those with limited resources.Decisions about pregnancy should be made by individuals in consultation with their healthcare providersnot politicians. This bill is an unnecessary intrusion into private medical decisions and an attack on reproductive rights. I urge lawmakers to reject HSB186 and focus on policies that expand healthcare access rather than restrict it.

02-26-2025

Jessie Knapp

Medication abortions are not proven to be reversible and it is irresponsible to knowingly spread and REQUIRE healthcare workers to spread politically motivated misinformation. This is the opposite of informed consent and another example of Iowa legislators unwillingness to engage with reality. They could be focusing on real problems instead of trying to impress musk and trump with nonsense laws, not supported by science, that aim to obfuscate and intimidate people seeking healthcare. I've attached a pdf from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which unequivocally states that laws like this popping up all over the country are misguided, misinformed, and DANGEROUS to women's health. Vote NO. If you want people to have kids so bad, maybe make having kids affordable and possible while working 40 hours a week for shit wages and half of everything you make goes to rent. Ladies, get your tubes tied before that gets banned too.

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02-26-2025

Michael Roberts

I OPPOSE HSB186. Keep big government out of doctor's offices and private medical decisions. This bill requires providers to give scientifically inaccurate information to patients which can cause real harm. Legislators aren't doctors and shouldn't usurp the roles of trained medical professionals for ideological purposes. Vote no on this bill.

02-26-2025

Lisa Houchins

Health care choices should be made by the patient and their health care provider. Health care choices should not be legislated and controlled by politicians. Trust people to make the choices that are best for them with accurate information. Vote no on HSB186.