• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Hubbell endorsed by NARAL, calls today’s court ruling ‘appropriate’

Hubbell endorsed by NARAL, calls today’s court ruling ‘appropriate’

June 29, 2018 By O. Kay Henderson

Fred Hubbell, the Democratic candidate for governor, says the Iowa Supreme Court made an “appropriate” decision today in overturning a three-day waiting period for abortions in Iowa.

“The court recognizes that Iowa women under Iowa laws have a right to accessible health care,” Hubbell said. “That’s very important because we’ve seen this governor and this legislature reduce access to health care.”

The National Abortion Rights Action League held a news conference at the Iowa capitol today to publicly endorse Hubbell. Hubbell said abortion restrictions passed by the Republican-led legislature and approved by Republican Governors Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds are “extreme” and taking Iowa backwards.

“It’s been very clear almost every place I go that people are frustrated and upset about the lack of access to health care,” Hubbell said. “And it’s not just women, but the privatization of Medicaid has cost tens of thousands of Iowans to have benefits denied or reduced. The University of Iowa dental program today said it’s not going to take Medicaid patients anymore because that program is such a failure. Mental health has not gotten any funding and improvement.”

The president of the National Abortion Rights Action League calls Hubbell a “champion” and “passionate supporter” of reproductive freedom.

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Abortion, Democratic Party, Republican Party

Featured Stories

Exhibit features lesser known works of Grant Wood

Testing finds 21 new CWD cases in deer

It may become a crime in Iowa to use fake urine in workplace drug tests

February trending 18 degrees below average temperature

Iowa House Education Committee votes to end tenure at UI, ISU, UNI

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa’s Jack Nunge lost for the season

Key stretch begins for #9 Iowa

Drake’s Roman Penn lost for the season

Drake’s DeVries named to Naismith watch list

State wrestling opens with limited attendance

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC