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Church vs State I have not chosen to be vocal about the right to abortion since I was first elected in 2011. Why? Primarily because I am a Catholic and the Catholic Church does not support abortion. In fact, when I was in the Catholic schools I attended in elementary school, high school and college, […]
Despite widespread opposition from their constituents, the push by Republican lawmakers to add language to the Iowa Constitution effectively banning abortion has moved forward. Less than one third of Iowans support the measure, and fifty eight percent oppose it, according to the most recent Iowa poll conducted by the Des Moines Register. The Republican-majority Senate […]
In 2018, the Iowa Supreme Court struck down a ban on abortion and asserted a fundamental, constitutional right to abortion in Iowa. In response, Iowa Republicans have since focused on changing the constitution to remove that right. This will make space for future restrictions on reproductive health care to withstand court challenges. The amendment proposed […]
In response to the current push to add an amendment to Iowa’s constitution explicitly stating that the constitution doesn’t support or grant a right to abortion, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa recently launched the “we won’t go back” campaign. The campaign is meant to fight back against what Planned Parenthood says would “pave the way […]