Iowa Governor Signs Law Prohibiting Abortions-by-mail

Matt Lamb : May 22, 2026
LifeSiteNews

"Iowa took another important step toward protecting women, unborn children, and parental rights." -Iowa Right to Life

[LifeSiteNews.com] Iowa women will now have to visit a doctor to acquire the drugs necessary to kill their unborn baby under a new law signed by Governor Kim Reynolds. (Screengrab image: via C-SPAN)

The law is part of a package of bills the Republican governor signed this week, including restrictions on secret vaccination of minors and protections for religious liberty.

House File 2788 essentially restores the requirement for a woman to be examined by a doctor prior to receiving abortion drugs. This was a federal requirement until the Biden administration unilaterally removed any safeguards for the distribution of the abortion drugs. This relaxation of laws has allowed the drugs to flood the country, accounting now for around 66 percent of all abortions.

The law also requires the physician to provide the woman with information on the consequences of abortion drugs, beside the killing of her child.

However, the law does not do anything else to protect women or preborn babies from abortion. Women can kill their babies up to six weeks in the womb under the state's heartbeat law... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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