NASW IOWA

National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Iowa doctors will have to guess when the exceptions actually apply. rape or incest must be reported in strict timelines.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. OBGYN resident : Iowa faces a bleak future for maternal health. Strict abortion restrictions are correlated with poor maternal outcomes.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Opposed to bill: What you do in the dark of night is not right.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. I should be the poster child of the pro-life movement. I know that adoption is not the answer. If you want to protect life, protect education, protect drinking water and clean air.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. director of a program for single parents: how many people know they are pregnant at 6 weeks LMP?

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. A nurse who works in a fertility clinic: hearing a heart beat at six weeks isn't accurate. 6 weeks pregnant is actually 2 weeks gestation.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Pro-choice Catholic. Abortion can be a moral choice based on our conscious. We are called to respect the rights of others to do the same.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. NASW member Marti Anderson: little attention given to the women who have had abortions. Mother's sister had a child as a 13 year old.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. American Heart Association asking for Medicaid Expansion to postpartum moms. Heart disease and stroke are common complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Co president of league of women voters of Iowa. LWV supports access to affordable quality healthcare and privacy to make reproductive health choices.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Speaker from Davenport. Speaking on behalf of her mother who died 51 years ago, who had a history of pre-eclampsia, and died when speaker was 15 months old. Died because she didn't have access to health care she needed.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Interfaith Alliance of Iowa: overwhelming majority of Iowans support safe and legal abortions. Many Iowans of faith believe in reproductive rights BECAUSE of their faith. Iowa is not a theocracy.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Speaker from Cedar Rapids: abortion saved my life. What about my life? Carrying a pregnancy as an addict wasn't an option.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. UCC Rev.Seamans. This legislation represents a narrow Christian view. Abortion will not go away, it will go underground. Mothers will die and babies will die.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Woman who has had an abortion: I am tired of being a political pawn. Majority of Iowans support abortion access. Autonomy over one's body equals freedom.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Prof. Sally Frank. The IA legislature should not be in the business of determining when life begins. Abortion is part of good health care.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare 7-11-23 Public Hearing. Dr. Francesca Turner. Bill is fraught with medical inaccuracies. Words should be specific and accurate. Pregnancy is too complicated to legislate.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare Public Hearing. Speaker from Davenport. Was gifted compassion from a health care provider. I made the best choice for me given the circumstances.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare Public Hearing. Presbyterian minister from Davenport: telling her abortion story when pregnant with twins. Had moved to Iowa planning to have a family. Abortion is part of health care.

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#Iowans4ReproductiveHealthCare Public Hearing. Dr. Turner: has seen the relief of patients when the receive non judgemental care