by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 6, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds is calling the state legislature back into special session next Tuesday to pass abortion restrictions. A statement from the governor’s office does not indicate what the governor wants to see in a bill, but with Republicans holding 34 of 50...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says she believes a so-called “heartbeat” law to ban most abortions in Iowa is connotational. The Iowa Supreme Court recently deadlocked three-to-three after the governor asked the justices to overturn a lower...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 26, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Events to mark the one year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v Wade are pointing to the abortion debate immediately ahead in Iowa. This month’s Iowa Supreme Court ruling that kept a six week abortion ban from taking effect here...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 22, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Groups on both sides of the abortion debate are staging events to mark the one year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v Wade. During an event in Des Moines last night, officials with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and The Family...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 19, 2023 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
A leader in the successful 2010 effort to kick three justices off the Iowa Supreme Court says it may be time for a similar move after the current court deadlocked, preventing a six-week abutilon ban from taking effect in Iowa. Bob Vander Plaats, the president and CEO...