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Supports and protesters of abortion-related legislation gather at Iowa’s Statehouse before Senate committee discussion
Supporters and opponents of the abortion issue turn out at the Statehouse in Des Moines Tuesday for a Senate committee hearing to discuss legislation that would cut state funding for Planned Parenthood. In an attached video you can see anti-abortion advocates gather at the Iowa Statehouse offer a prayer.
The Gazette previously reported that this bill - which passed through a Senate judiciary subcommittee last Tuesday - would discontinue the Iowa Family Planning Network, a federal Medicaid waiver that provides about $3 million in funding to family planning agencies across the state. Gazette reporters are in attendance and we will be adding to this story as updates become available.
A crowd has formed outside of a Statehouse committee room where senators will consider an abortion-related bill. (Rod Boshart/ The Gazette)
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