An article by Laura Belin from Bleeding Heartland, “One thing is clear: despite repeated references to “standard medical practice” in the document the Iowa Board of Medicine considered on November 17, the proposed abortion rules bear little resemblance to how physicians actually care for patients seeking an abortion.”
“Medical professionals didn’t draft the abortion rules….Rather, Chief Deputy Attorney General Leif Olson explained, staff from the Iowa Board of Medicine, the Iowa Attorney General’s office, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, and the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and licensing collaborated on the wording.”
“Following the board’s vote to notice the abortion rules, the document will be published in the state’s next administrative bulleting, which will open a public comment period running from December 13 until January 2.”