Representatives from Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa, as well as people who have experience working in and receiving care from crisis pregnancy centers, said at a news conference Wednesday the proposed $1.5 million increase in funding to the 55 centers in the state would further erode reproductive health care.
Senate Republicans advanced Gov. Kim Reynolds’ sweeping health care bill, but removed a provision that would allow pharmacists to dispense birth control without a prescription.
Iowa’s Republican legislative leaders said before their session began in January they plan to wait for an Iowa Supreme Court decision on the state’s so-called fetal heartbeat law before moving forward with more restrictions.
Brenna Bird this week signs on to GOP letter from 200 Republican attorneys general to Walgreens and CVS
A subcommittee of Iowa House lawmakers this week advanced Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ wide-ranging health care bill.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: private school financial assistance on the fast track, LGBTQ legislation takes a left turn in the Iowa House, and lawmakers bring the death penalty debate back from the dead.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: the momentous first week of the Iowa Legislature
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds used her sixth Condition of the State address and larger Republican majorities in the Iowa Legislature to double down on and expand her push for school choice legislation.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: the circus that has been the election of the next U.S. House Speaker, and look ahead to the 2023 session of the Iowa Legislature.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies.
Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion rights advocates hope the Iowa Supreme Court will use a case before it to set a more permissive legal standard for considering abortion restrictions.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Is Iowa a red state now?
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Mariannette Miller-Meeks has an interesting new address and potentially a primary opponent, Joni Ernst is censured, and Scott Brennan provides his caucus post-mortem.
A District Court judge on Monday rejected Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request to reinstate a blocked law that would ban abortions once a fetus’ heartbeat can be detected. Reynolds immediately announced her intention to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: more discussion on the Democratic caucuses, a recount changes a statehouse election outcome, Grassley on Trump and the Constitution, and an Iowa town tries to get the Trump campaign to pony up.
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