Iowa won’t pay for rape victims’ abortions or contraceptives

[JacksinPA]

Iowa won't pay for rape victims' abortions or contraceptives

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception, and in rare cases abortions, for victims of sexual assault. The move has drawn criticism from some victim advocates. Federal regulations and state law require Iowa to pay many of the expenses for...

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates.

Federal regulations and state law require Iowa to pay many of the expenses for sexual assault victims who seek medical help, such as the costs of forensic exams and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Under the previous attorney general, Democrat Tom Miller, Iowa’s victim compensation fund also paid for Plan B, the so-called morning after pill, as well as other treatments to prevent pregnancy.

A spokeswoman for Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird, who defeated Miller’s bid for an 11th term in November, told the Des Moines Register that those payments are now on hold as part of a review of victim services.
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I've ben to IA twice, on business. Never again.

I was in a restaurant in Des Moines for dinner & a funeral director asked to join me. These guys are always trying to drum up new future customers.

Even though he paid for our dinners, he was upset when I told him that I was against dead people taking up real estate instead of donating their bodies to a medical school.

 

[Lycanthrope]

As so many say, cruelty is the point.

 

[Integrityrespec]

Iowa won't pay for rape victims' abortions or contraceptives

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception, and in rare cases abortions, for victims of sexual assault. The move has drawn criticism from some victim advocates. Federal regulations and state law require Iowa to pay many of the expenses for...

apnews.com

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare cases, abortions — for victims of sexual assault, a move that drew criticism from some victim advocates.

Federal regulations and state law require Iowa to pay many of the expenses for sexual assault victims who seek medical help, such as the costs of forensic exams and treatment for sexually transmitted infections. Under the previous attorney general, Democrat Tom Miller, Iowa’s victim compensation fund also paid for Plan B, the so-called morning after pill, as well as other treatments to prevent pregnancy.

A spokeswoman for Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird, who defeated Miller’s bid for an 11th term in November, told the Des Moines Register that those payments are now on hold as part of a review of victim services.
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I've ben to IA twice, on business. Never again.

I was in a restaurant in Des Moines for dinner & a funeral director asked to join me. These guys are always trying to drum up new future customers.

Even though he paid for our dinners, he was upset when I told him that I was against dead people taking up real estate instead of donating their bodies to a medical school.

I believe there are requirements for receiving that assistance in cases of rape for instance and are you sure these are being met? Any individual could make the claim of rape in order to gain these services. I'm certain there has to be some formal declarations and details included.

 

[Loulit01]

Tell bloody Iowa I'm sick and tired of paying for ethanol. It's unnecessary, wasteful, and it burns dirty.

 

[weaver2]

I believe there are requirements for receiving that assistance in cases of rape for instance and are you sure these are being met? Any individual could make the claim of rape in order to gain these services. I'm certain there has to be some formal declarations and details included.

What woman is going to go to suffer the demeaning experience of going to the police station, discussing publicly being raped, fill out forms describing the rape, take tests, be told essentially rape was her fault, listen to snide remarks made about her at by male police in order to get PlanB. Sure, women are lining up outside police stations to experience this humiliation.

Have some integrity and respect and post the statistics that support your case. If you can't find them quit making up crap about women.

 

[JasperL]

As so many say, cruelty is the point.

I agree. The cost cannot be the barrier - generics run about $10 a dose ($6 on Cuban's website), brand name is about $50. The problem is the pill being offered as part of the routine medical care that follows a rape. And of course other states (I don't know about Iowa) are attempting to ban Plan B altogether, which puts more burdens on a rape victim. So what's the point - make life more difficult for rape victims in Iowa, i.e. the cruelty.

 

[Mr Person]

The theocratic right is downright evil. I suspect they know it, which is why they say everyone else is going to be tortured for all eternity with one of the very worst tortures: fire.