The Iowa Senate is expected to debate, and possibly vote on, a new abortion bill that would allow late-term abortion clinics to open in Iowa if approved through a certification of need process.
Senate File 534, sponsored by Sen. Joe Bolkcom (D-Iowa City) was introduced last week in More…
A new abortion bill in the Iowa Senate could give a Nebraska abortion doctor a loophole to open a freestanding clinic in Iowa, in spite of Republican efforts to stop him.
Senate Study Bill 1212, sponsored by Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, would allow abortion doctors who want to practice More…
Sen. Joe Bolkcom (D-Iowa City) said in a statement Tuesday he will introduce a new abortion bill this week aimed at prevening a Nebraska doctor from opening a family planning clinic in western Iowa that would offer late-term abortion services. Whether or not it will match Republican desires
As the second funnel week of the legislative session looms two weeks from today, Iowa lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are identifying priorities for the next two weeks. But disagreements and passionate-fueled controversy, however, could put bills on hold until the next year.
Lawmakers could either pass or More…
Women who decide to seek an abortion rarely make that decision after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to an international research institute on reproductive health. But a legislative proposal in Iowa uses scientifically debatable assertions about fetal pain to target those few women. The proposal also carries a More…
Andrew Sullivan posts a must-read excerpt from a reader who considered — but ultimately didn’t have — a late-term abortion provided by Dr. George Tiller, who was murdered last week because he provided that critical medical service.
Here’s how the pregnant reader learned that her fetus had a likely More…
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