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Statewide Relationship Recognition
yes Licenses marriages for same-sex couples.
yes Honors marriages of same-sex couples from other jurisdictions
yes Relationship recognition for same-sex couples: marriage.
  • 2009 Victory in Varnum v. Brien ends exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage.
  • 2003 Iowa offers domestic partner benefits to employees, but not a registry.
  • 1998 Anti-marriage bill adopted. House Resolution 382 For the third consecutive year, House Republicans sponsored an anti-marriage bill that would discriminate against the lawful marriages of same-sex couples. Approved by the House in March, and by the Senate on March 26, with an amendment creating a task force on “domestic partnership.” Signed by Gov. Terry Branstad (R). Senate Bill 2187 Companion bill introduced by Judiciary Committee chair Andy McKean (R) and Larry McKibben (R). See Iowa Code § 595.2.1.

Statewide Employment Protections
yes Private employment protections based on sexual orientation.
yes Private employment protections based on gender identity.
yes Public (state) employment protections based on sexual orientation.
yes Public (state) employment protections based on gender identity.

In 2007, Iowa amended its nondiscrimination statute to prohibit sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in public and private employment. Iowa Acts 2007 (82 G.A.) ch. 191, S.F. 427, § 1; Iowa Code 216.2(10, 14); Iowa Code 216.6.

Statewide Parenting Laws
Who May Adopt Any unmarried adult; spouse must join petition unless excused by court. Iowa Code 600.
Second Parent Adoptions Approved in lower courts.
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Related Content for region

5/7/2012
Lambda Legal Congratulates Iowa Supreme Court Justices on John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award
(Chicago, May 7, 2012) - Today three Iowa Supreme Court Justices who ruled in favor of Lambda Legal's case (Varnum v. Brien) in a unanimous decision establishing marriage equality in Iowa will receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
3/27/2012
State of Iowa Continues to Deny Mothers of Stillborn Baby Accurate Death Certificate
(Des Moines, IA, March 27, 2012) — Today the Iowa Attorney General’s office filed court documents saying that the state will continue to refuse an accurate death certificate to Jenny and Jessica Buntemeyer
3/6/2012
One Iowa, Lambda Legal, and Justice Not Politics Celebrate Three Iowa Supreme Court Justices' Profile in Courage National Honor
Des Moines, IA—Today, it was announced that three Iowa Supreme Court Justices who were ousted in the 2010 judicial retention vote will receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in May.
2/8/2012
State of Iowa Erases Mother from Stillborn Baby’s Death Certificate: Lambda Legal Files Suit
5/7/2010
Gartner v. Newton
Case seeking to enforce the presumed parentage-statute that provides a birth certificate listing both parents for children born to all married couples.
2/8/2012
Buntemeyer v. Iowa Dept. of Public Health
Lambda Legal case in which a legally married same-sex couple in Iowa gave birth to a stillborn baby and was issued a death certificate by the Iowa Department of Public Health with one of the mother’s names removed with correction fluid.
12/13/2005
Varnum v. Brien
Case that won the right for same-sex couples to marry in Iowa
Alons v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County
(Amicus) case urging the Iowa Supreme Court to throw out a case brought by an antigay organization challenging a district court's decision to dissolve a lesbian couple's civil union

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