Bill > HF2480

This bill aims to establish new informed consent requirements for medication abortions in Iowa. Key provisions include: 1. Requiring facilities where medication abortions are performed to conspicuously post a sign informing patients that it may be possible to reverse the effects of a medication abortion if the patient changes their mind, and to provide information on how to access resources for doing so. 2. Requiring physicians to obtain written certification from the patient that they have been informed about the possibility of reversing a medication abortion, the risks commonly associated with medication abortions, and where to find information and assistance on reversing the effects. 3. Requiring physicians to provide written medical discharge instructions to the patient after dispensing abortion-inducing drugs, including a statement about the possibility of reversing the effects. 4. Directing the Iowa Department of Public Health to publish and make available online materials informing women about the possibility of reversing medication abortions and providing information on resources to assist with that. 5. Establishing that failure of a physician to comply with these new requirements can result in disciplinary action against their medical license.