Abortion
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Iowa doctors say the new abortion ban has dangerously vague guidelines
The Iowa Board of Medicine’s guidelines on the abortion ban don’t help doctors navigate the reality of day-to-day care.
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Can anything be done legally to stop Iowa’s abortion ban?
After Friday’s ruling, the legal options to stop Iowa’s abortion ban are limited, but they do exist.
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Scheetz: Abortion ban an assault on women’s rights
In a guest post, Rep. Sami Scheetz writes about how the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling to end an injunction that kept Iowa Republicans’ abortion ban at bay is a blow to women’s bodily autonomy. In just a few short weeks, my wife and I will welcome a baby girl into our family. It’s the best…
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How to get an abortion if you live in Iowa
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a near-total abortion ban should be allowed to go into effect. There will be at least three weeks before the injunction goes away, but people who need abortions should start planning now. The near-total ban—which leaves enforcement up to the Iowa Board of Medicine—requires doctors to look…
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Iowa reproductive rights orgs vow to keep fighting after abortion ban
Supporters of reproductive rights are disappointed that Iowa’s abortion ban will take effect, but they won’t stop fighting for bodily autonomy. Leah Vanden Bosch said Friday’s ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court was an “absolute devastation that violates human rights.” The Iowa Supreme Court dissolved a 2023 injunction that blocked a near-total abortion ban in…
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Why the Iowa Supreme Court allowed near-total abortion ban
Abortion is now banned in Iowa before most people know they’re pregnant. On Friday, June 28, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that Iowa’s near-total abortion should be allowed to go into effect, dissolving the injunction that had blocked it for 11 months. The ruling will also make abortion restrictions easier to pass in the…
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Iowa’s statewide elected officials react to abortion ban
Iowa Republicans celebrated while Iowa Democrats lamented after the Iowa Supreme Court allowed the state’s six-week abortion ban to take effect on Friday.
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How we got here: Iowa’s abortion ban was years in the making
Well before the Iowa Supreme Court ended an injunction that blocked the state’s near-total abortion ban from taking effect, anti-abortion activists and Republican lawmakers—including Gov. Kim Reynolds—laid a foundation for the ruling. Sen. Pam Jochum remembers what it was like to live in Iowa when abortion was still illegal outside of extreme circumstances. “When I…
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Iowa’s near-total abortion ban takes effect
A near-total abortion ban is now in place in Iowa. The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday, June 28, ruled 4-3 to dissolve the injunction placed on the law in July 2023 by Polk County District Judge Joseph Seidlin, at the request of Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird. The majority included Matthew…
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On Roe overturn anniversary, siblings remember their mom who died after being denied abortion
Tracy Jones and her brother don’t want other people to suffer like their family did following their mother’s death. The Dobbs decision and overturning of Roe v Wade brings up an unfortunate memory for Tracy Jones of Davenport and her brother, Gregg Johnson of East Moline, Illinois, whose mother died after she was denied a…
