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SSB 1139
A bill for an act relating to the health and well-being of children and families including provisions for maternal support and fatherhood initiatives, regional centers of excellence, a state-funded family medicine obstetrics fellowship program, state employee parental leave, adoption expenses under the adoption subsidy program, and accessibility to the all Iowa scholarship program; making appropriations; and including effective date and applicability provisions.(See SF 324.)
Agenda
Subcommittee members: Edler-CH, Sweeney, Trone Garriott
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Room 217 Conference Room
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02-13-2023
sara eide [Iowa Catholic Conference]
Please see attached comments.
Attachment
02-14-2023
Katie Klinkhammer []
I grew up in Agency, IA. These resource centers are Christian, forced birth places. Our government has a duty to separate church and state. Please do not give money to these groups.
02-14-2023
Chelsea Davis []
Pregnancy resource centers/crisis pregnancy centers are illegitimate reproductive health care clinics. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reports that "staff members at these unregulated and often nonmedical facilities have no legal obligation to provide pregnant people with accurate information and are not subject to HIPAA or required by law to maintain client confidentiality." CPCs are dangerous facilities that do not act in the best interest of the patient, do not allow for informed consent of the patient, and deny patients access to comprehensive health care that is necessary when making decisions about their bodies. The state has no business providing funding to centers that have proven time and again to endanger patients' lives. Please reconsider the sections of SSB1139 that involve pregnancy resource centers.