Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst introduced a bill Thursday that would criminalize any sterilization or abortion procedure performed without informed consent from the patient.
The Iowa Republican’s legislation builds off a September 2020 whistleblower complaint that alleged mass hysterectomies were performed on immigrant women by Dr. Mahendra Amin without their consent while they were being held at Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia. Amin, a rural gynecologist, has denied any wrongdoing.
The Informed Consent Act would criminalize such behavior, Ernst told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Pro-Life Senator Introduces Bill Banning Abortions and Sterilizations Without Informed Consent
- by: Mary Margaret Olohan
- 2021-02-25
- Source:
LifeNews.com
- 02/25/2021
