After altering Iowa’s reproductive health care landscape in recent years through enacting a law restricting abortion access, state lawmakers will now see a new push to focus on the next target of anti-abortion advocates: the abortion pill.
Out-of-state clinics like Mankato, Minn. are expanding services and hiring more staff to meet rising demand from Iowa patients in the wake of a new state abortion ban.
An Iowa law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy takes effect today.
While Reynolds signed the bill at the Christian conservative The Family Leader’s annual conference, a Polk County District Court Judge listened to a request to halt enforcement of the new abortion restrictions until its constitutionality can be considered by the courts.
A hearing will be held in district court today, mere moments before Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the abortion restrictions into law
The Iowa Capitol will be ground zero for state abortion policy debate. Advocates on both sides of the issue plan to fill the Capitol in Des Moines as lawmakers consider legislation to severely restrict abortion access in the state.
DES MOINES — Lawmakers and activists opposed to abortion rights say they are on track to put what they call …
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