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Planned Parenthood and Raygun raise the B.A.R. with a packed house

by Akwi Nji

Mike Draper, founder and CEO of Raygun, along with Suzanna de Baca, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, teamed up to pull off the largest Planned Parenthood events in Eastern Iowa. The mixer, hosted on Wednesday, May 10, by Draper at Raygun’s Cedar Rapids location, attracted more than 200 intergenerational Planned Parenthood supporters and women’s rights advocates.

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IUDs take on new urgency in the Trump era

by Carly Matthew

Convenience, effectiveness and cost: all reasons women often choose intrauterine devices, IUDs, as long-term birth control. But this year, one additional incentive has been added to the list: uncertainty surrounding health care policy. After the election of President Donald Trump, and again after the inauguration, Google searches for IUDs spiked. As Trump promised to repeal […]

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Author, activist Lindy West partners with Emma Goldman Clinic for annual fundraiser

by Genevieve Trainor

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Emma Goldman Clinic Choice Fundraiser The Englert — Friday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. On Thursday, Jan. 5, House Speaker Paul Ryan made explicit the Republican plan to defund Planned Parenthood as part of their overall efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. On Monday, Jan. 9, it was clear at the opening […]

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School vouchers, wages, collective bargaining and other issues on the minds of Iowa legislators

by Lauren Shotwell

As the Iowa Legislature opened for business on Monday, legislators talked about a number of issues they anticipate seeing move forward this session — for better or for worse. School Vouchers Although House Minority Leader Mark Smith (D-Marshalltown) praised Republicans’ promise to provide supplemental aid to Iowa public schools within the first 30 days of […]

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Planned Parenthood president on presidential election: ‘Nothing is more important in the next 34 days’

by Lauren Shotwell

Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, spoke on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a speech at an official Clinton campaign event in Iowa City on Wednesday. “Nothing is more important in the next 34 days,” Richards said, encouraging attendees to help with get-out-the-vote efforts as election day nears. In her speech to […]

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