Catch up on last night’s Iowa PBS debate featuring U.S. Rep Mariannette Miller-Meeks and challenger Christina Bohannan. Iowa Starting Line digs into three key moments.
The proposal comes days before Election Day, as Vice President Kamala Harris affixes her presidential campaign to a promise of expanding women's health care access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to undo nationwide abortion rights two years ago.
Brad Zaun has been in office for decades, but while his district has moved to the center and the left, Zan has become one of Iowa's most far-right representatives
Nunn says he supports abortion, contraception, and fertilization treatments. But opponent Baccam says his record says otherwise. Iowa is under a near-total abortion ban, and Democratic challenger...
This November is about freedom — plain and simple. The freedom to make our own decisions about our bodies, our lives, and our futures. Jessica Mackler writes that reproductive rights are under...
Iowa voters are increasingly bothered by Iowa's near-total abortion ban and candidates hear it a lot when door knocking.
Republican Mike Pike, a plumber and business-owner running for a seat in the Iowa Senate, recently shared his political views in a town hall event hosted on X (formerly Twitter), including many stances that may be too far for voters in the relatively moderate district he seeks.
Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam faces off against Republican incumbent Zach Nunn in a televised debate tonight. Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam faces Republican US Rep. Zach Nunn. The live...
During election season, Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, representing Iowa’s First Congressional District, claims she’s the middle-of-the-road candidate when it comes to abortion policy.
But when she’s actually voting in office, Miller-Meeks has supported strict abortion bans for years. She has an A+ rating from a major nationwide anti-abortion group because of her work against abortion rights in Congress.
The Senate filibuster rule requires a 60-vote threshold for most legislation to pass, making it virtually impossible to pass abortion rights legislation due to Republican opposition. Without the filibuster, a law restoring Roe v. Wade could pass with a simple majority, or 51 Senate votes.
