Category Archives: womens rights

Get Your Woman Card.

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Elections have been known to turn on the slip of a tongue. Few presidential candidates have had a tongue as slippery as Donald Trump. He may have already sewn up the championship for loosest tongue ever long ago. But Trump’s … Continue reading →

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Republicans Vote To Defund Planned Parenthood

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Dave Bradley

They Take a Stand Opposed By 75% of Iowa Iowa House Republicans again this year inserted an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood from any state funding. This is a truly unpopular issue with Iowans. As Beth Wessel-Kroeschell is quoted in … Continue reading →

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Abortion: Legal But Full Of Punishment

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Chris Matthews stirred a real pot of controversy Wednesday night when he asked Donald Trump what the punishment for having an abortion should be if and when Trump becomes president and abortion is made illegal in the United States. Trump … Continue reading →

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Why Is Iowa GOP Waging War Against Planned Parenthood?

Posted on January 8, 2016 by bfialauratwing

This letter was sent to Republican House Speaker Linda Upmeyer and 23 other legislators, Democrat and Republican, Senate and House. I have heard back from two of the Democratic House members. Speaker Upmeyer: I am writing to express my disappointment … Continue reading →

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CAP Action, Progress Iowa to Host Iowa Women’s Economic Security Forum

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Dave Bradley

October 29, 2015 Contact Chelsea Kiene, 202.478.5328, ckiene@americanprogressaction.org Matt Sinovic, matt@progressiowa.org ADVISORY: CAP Action, Progress Iowa to Host Iowa Women’s Economic Security Forum Des Moines, IA — Too many working families are struggling to make ends meet and to respond … Continue reading →

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Grassley – Is He For Iowa Anymore?

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Iowa’s own version of Sarah Palin – Joni Ernst – introduced a bill in the Senate to take probably the most reliable health care resource for women away from women when she introduced her bill to defund Planned Parenthood of … Continue reading →

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Ernst Embarrasses Iowa Again

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Wednesday evening Iowa’s own Joni Ernst proved once more that she neither understands issues nor has any idea what Iowans think when she introduced a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. In a video on HuffPost the commentator says that the … Continue reading →

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Give Planned Parenthood A Hand

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Planned Parenthood has been one of the top six targets of the right in this country for a long time. Depending on the talking points of the day it shares the bullseye with Social Security, Medicare, the ACA, immigrants and … Continue reading →

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Another Judicial Retention Fight Next Year?

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Wouldn’t you have thought that after 3 judges were replaced by the new Terry Branstad that he and his party would pretty much get their way in the Iowa Supreme Court? Thus after appointing all the members of the Iowa … Continue reading →

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IDP Statement on Iowa Supreme Court Decision Affirming Women’s Right to Healthcare

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Dave Bradley

For Immediate Release June 19, 2015 Contact: Josh Levitt jlevitt@iowademocrats.org IDP Statement on Iowa Supreme Court Decision Affirming Women’s Right to Healthcare DES MOINES – IDP Chair Dr. Andy McGuire issued the following statement in response to a ruling by … Continue reading →

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