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Iowa Board of Medicine will consider rules for six-week abortion ban, even as injunction remains in effect

Last week, Attorney General Brenna Bird finally filed the Reynolds administration’s appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court, seeking to have the temporary injunction stopping enforcement of a new law banning almost all abortion after six weeks lifted. The Nov. 8 […]

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Trump still has overwhelming lead among Republican caucusgoers, even though they feel he isn’t anti-abortion enough

Donald Trump has an overwhelming lead over every other GOP candidate for president in the latest Iowa Poll, just as he has in every other poll conducted this year. According to the new poll results, which the Des Moines Register […]

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Reynolds jabs Trump (indirectly) in tweet defending her six-week abortion ban bills

It’s a testament to the faith that national political reporters still have in the importance of Iowa in the race for the Republican presidential nomination that a short, passive-aggressive tweet from Gov. Kim Reynolds can generate stories in outlets like […]

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Jury finds man who drove pick-up through a crowd of protesters in Cedar Rapids not guilty

On Thursday, a Linn County jury found David Alan Huston not guilty on two charges stemming from a June 24, 2022 incident in which he drove his pick-up truck through a crowd of pro-abortion protesters in Cedar Rapids. Huston had […]

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird said she doesn’t intend to resume coverage of emergency contraception for rape victims

Less than four months after becoming Iowa Attorney General, Brenna Bird ordered her office to stop paying for emergency contraception for rape victims. The attorney general’s office had previously covered the cost of Plan B pills, and in some cases […]

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The state can’t find a contractor to get Reynolds’ ‘pregnancy resource centers’ funding program off the ground

The new draconian ban on abortions that Gov. Reynolds signed into law on July 14, and which was stopped by a temporary injunction issued by a state court judge three days later, isn’t the only part of the governor’s anti-abortion […]

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Iowa abortion providers may resume care after judge issues temporary injunction halting law signed Friday

This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. Abortion is legal again in Iowa, after a Polk County District Court judge issued a temporary restraining […]

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Gov. Reynolds signs confusing new abortion restrictions into law with a lie

This story originally appeared in LV Daily, Little Village’s Monday-Friday email newsletter. Sign up to have it delivered for free to your inbox. Abortions under almost any circumstances became illegal in Iowa on Friday afternoon, as soon as Gov, Kim […]

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As the governor prepares to sign a new, fast-tracked abortion ban into law, ACLU of Iowa prepares its legal challenge

The ACLU of Iowa has filed a lawsuit in Polk County District Court challenging the new ban on almost all abortions in the state, passed by Republican lawmakers during their special session on Tuesday. The ACLU is representing Planned Parenthood […]

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Photos: Iowans protest ‘tyrannical power grab’ as new abortion ban speeds through legislature

From Tuesday morning well into the afternoon, the Iowa State Capitol brimmed with Bans Off Our Bodies protesters and counter protesters, responding to a bill from Governor Kim Reynolds intending to ban abortions after just six weeks of conception. Currently, […]

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