Iowa
Iowa Democrats introduce legislation to restore family planning programs, expand access to birth control
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Increasing entry to contraception and defending entry to abortion are a part of a bundle of initiatives democratic lawmakers within the Iowa Home introduced on Monday.
This bundle of laws consists of 4 priorities Democrats say have to be a part of the dialog. The primary would permit these 18 years of age and older to get contraception with no prescription.
The second would prolong postpartum Medicaid protection to 12 months, as an alternative of 60 days, after start.
Democrats additionally proposed restoring household planning packages underneath Medicaid, providing contraception, STI testing, and therapy. A Republican majority ended these packages again in 2017.
Additionally they proposed an modification to the Iowa structure to ensure the best to an abortion. Proper now, abortion is authorized in Iowa till 20 weeks of being pregnant. Republicans have pushed ahead a plan that may ban most abortions after roughly 6 weeks of being pregnant.
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