Meeting Public Comments

Gabriela Fuentes []

This dangerous bill fails to provide privacy protections for Iowans private medical information and lacks any minimum standards or adequate oversight. It also fails to require these crisis pregnancy centers equip people with medicallyaccurate information. Instead, the measure gives a million of taxpayer dollars to CPCs which are known to purposely coerce and mislead pregnant people about their own health care without receiving comprehensive information about their medical options and health status. Lets be clearthis is not intended to increase access to sexual and reproductive health care for Iowans. The purpose of this bill is to fund entities that counsel pregnant people in medically inaccurate, incomplete and harmful ways about their pregnancy options. Instead of contracting with ideological organizations that misled people and endanger their health, we should support medicallylicensed health care professionals who provide the full range of evidencebased counseling and quality health care services. VOTE NO on SF2381!!!!

Lori Hunt []

Although I applaud the expansion on Medicaid benefits for new mothers, I ask you to not allocate the money to unproven nonprofits for 'pregnancy counseling ' which is very likely misleading and corersive.

Alaina Elliott-Wherry []

SF2381 NEEDS to be reconsidered. We don't need CPCs we need comprehensive reproductive healthcare for all, including abortions. We do not need to reduce abortions but rather provide safe means for them to occur (e.g., by trained healthcare professionals). The sexual and reproductive rights of all need to be upheld, and SF2381 does not accurately reflect those rights. Vote no on SF2381.

Alison Weidemann []

VOTE NO on SF2381.Instead please use funds to support real, medically licensed, professional health care providers with a full range of comprehensive information and evidencebased counseling, and quality health care services. Every woman should have a right and choice to access private, personal, safe, comprehensive reproductive health services. This is not it. Again, please VOTE NO on SF2381.

Jerry Uhlman [Retired]

I don't want my tax money going to organizations that lie to women about their reproductive options or try and coerce them into making uninformed decisions.

Donald Flory []

As a Family Practice physician in Iowa for 45 years, I am appalled at the suggestion that the legislature supports organizations that disseminate inaccurate medical information. SF 2381 needs to die in order to maintain the integrity and scientific accuracy of medical professionals.

Sarah Elgatian []

This is cruelly misleading. Every human deserves to use their medical coverage as they see fit. Acting as though Planned Parenthood is not the mostused source for pre, post, or perinatal care is at best naive and at worst cruel. Making it so that pregnant people are unable to go to a cheap, reliable, trusted source for their care is inhumane. This bill does not expand care, it limits it.

Sam Standish []

This dangerous bill fails to provide privacy protections for Iowans private medical information and lacks any minimum standards or adequate oversight. It also fails to require these crisis pregnancy centers equip people with medicallyaccurate information. Instead, the measure gives a million of taxpayer dollars to Crisis Pregnancy Centers which are known to purposely coerce and mislead pregnant people about their own health care without receiving comprehensive information about their medical options and health status. This is not intended to increase access to sexual and reproductive health care for Iowans. The purpose of this bill is to fund entities that counsel pregnant people in medically inaccurate and harmful ways about their pregnancy options. Instead of contracting with ideological organizations that misled people and endanger their health, we should support MEDICALLY LICENSED health care professionals who provide the full range of EVIDENCE BASED counseling and quality health care. VOTE NO on SF2381!!!!