Senate panel approves bill that could restrict mail-order abortion medication

By: Robin Opsahl

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 848

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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Medications that induce abortion would be more difficult to obtain in Iowa under a measure moved forward by a Senate subcommittee Monday.

Senate Study Bill 3115 would require abortion medications to be administered or prescribed in person, limiting the potential availability of telehealth and mail-order medications like mifepristone and misoprostol coming from medical providers outside the state. Doctors who dispense the drug in Iowa would have to provide specified information to the patient, some …

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