Iowa Bill Bans Mail-Order Abortions, Protects Unborn Children

Legislators in the Hawkeye State are pushing a bill that would bar the shipping or mailing of the abortion drug mifepristone, restoring at the state-level several safeguards removed at the federal level. Iowa Senate Republicans advanced SSB 3115 this week, according to a report from Iowa Public Radio.

The legislation would block the abortion drug from being shipped or mailed by requiring that it be prescribed and dispensed in-person, further mandating that a physician conduct an “in-person examination of the pregnant woman...