Iowa Lawmakers Debate Abortion Bill as Legislative Session Nears End
Legislature, On the Record
DES MOINES, Iowa — As the 2015 Iowa legislative session drew to a close, one of the final bills under consideration sparked intense debate across party lines. The proposed legislation sought to require physicians to offer women the opportunity to view an ultrasound of their fetus before proceeding with an abortion. Jenifer Bowen of Iowa…
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Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Abandons Another Clinic
On the Record
Two years ago Iowa Right to Life broke the devastating news that Planned Parenthood had covertly moved into the same building as the Young Women’s Resource Center in Des Moines, Iowa. They billed themselves as “myHealth Express”, a place for the “treatment of colds and the flu.” We knew at the time they had NO intention of…
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The “Friends” in Planned Parenthood’s Friend of the Court Brief
On the Record
As mentioned in yesterday’s article, there are three organizations supporting Planned Parenthood in a Friend of the Court Brief to the Iowa Supreme Court in the Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Iowa Board of Medicine. The brief is against the Iowa Board of Medicine’s ban on abortions by telemedicine (also known as webcam abortions.) And while…
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“You Could Hear Screaming From The Other Room”
On the Record
An Amicus Curieae, or “Friend of the Court Brief” has been submitted to the Iowa Supreme Court on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. But some of the studies cited in the brief include chilling quotes that aren’t too friendly to Planned Parenthood. The case before the Iowa Supreme Court, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland,…
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Online Schools Are Bad, But Webcam Abortions Are Not?
On the Record
The Des Moines Register’s editorial board misses the irony that their opposition to online schools conflicts with their support of telemed abortions. Best. Quote. Ever. The Des Moines Register editorial staff was really hot and bothered in a 2/5/15 staff editorial about the online schools and home-schools. (“For-profit online schools raise questions,” 2/5/15) The big stink was that…
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Stats Show Iowans Aborting in Nebraska
On the Record
Abortion statistics in Nebraska are showing large numbers of women from Iowa having abortions in Nebraska—many times more than women from Nebraska’s other neighboring states. In 2013, 129 abortions in Nebraska were performed on women from Iowa, compared to 24 from South Dakota, 18 from Kansas and none from Colorado that same year. In 2012, 185 abortions in Nebraska were women from Iowa, compared to 26 from…
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