by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 31, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Democrats in the Iowa Senate have released a package of bills to expand birth control access and ensure Medicaid patients who are new moms get regular check-ups covered for a year to try to reduce Iowa’s abnormally high maternal mortality rate. The group is also...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 30, 2024 | News, Politics & Government
Republicans on a subcommittee in the Iowa House have signed off on a bill that would require instruction about fetal development to start in first grade classes. The bill calls for students in first through sixth grades to be taught about “human development in...
by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 12, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says former President Trump has an inconsistent record on abortion. During a CNN town hall in Des Moines tonight, DeSantis accused Trump of “flip flopping on the pro-life issue.” DeSantis pointed to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 8, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa’s attorney general has filed a legal brief asking the state’s Supreme Court to let a so-called “fetal heartbeat” law go into effect. Today’s filing comes less than 24 hours after voters in Republican-leaning Ohio ratified a...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 18, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump’s recent statements on the abortion issue show the former president’s “values” are out of step with Iowa GOP voters. Trump said during an interview with NBC’s “Meet...