Indiana birth control bill is stripped of IUDs after anti-abortion group met with lawmakers

As originally written, House Bill 1426 by Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville, would have required hospitals to offer long-acting reversible contraceptives — IUDs and arm implants — to Medicaid-covered women after they give birth. The legislation is meant to help women in vulnerable situations and potentially save the state billions of Medicaid dollars spent on unintended pregnancies.

But now the bill is drawing criticism from some Democrats and medical professionals after an anti-abortion group successfully lobbied legislators to exclude IUDs from the bill — falsely claiming the birth control devices cause abortions. IUDs would still be covered by Medicaid, but hospitals would not be required to offer them.

Link: https://mirrorindy.org/indiana-birth-control-bill-anti-abortion-iuds-implant/