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Four Events In Eastern Iowa Next Week
First let me remind you that there will be a second NO KINGS day of action on October 18th. I personally believe this will be one of the most historic events in this countries history. It will test whether people … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2026 election
Tagged abortion, Cedar County, free speech rally, iowa city, Iowa City city librarie, rural town hall, safe abortion day, Washington Iowa town hall
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CPCs In Iowa: Phony Pregnancy Help
1:42: Little Village Magazine published a very timely and important story this week concerning the continuing rise of Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPC) in Iowa and the potential harm that could be done to a pregnant woman seeking help. A huge … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged abortion, CPCs, crisis pregnancy centers, Repeal of Roe v. Wade
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Kamala Harris And The A Word
Editor’s Note: Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly are must-read authors this election cycle. Abortion faded from the spotlight. Harris is trying to bring it back Megan Messerly and Alice Miranda Ollstein for Politico Democrats for the last month have … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Tagged 2024 election, abortion, politics, Reproductive Rights
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Will Reproductive Freedom Do The Work?
Iowa House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst said the message for Democratic candidates is clear in 2024. There are two issues: reproductive freedom and public education. Both are equally important. Where the rubber meets the road, during local political canvassing, many … Continue reading
Abortion Heads Back To The Supreme Court
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June 22, 2022, it was a matter of time before abortion would have another hearing in the high court. On Wednesday this week justices heard oral arguments … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged abortion, access to abortion, politics, Scotus, Supreme Court
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How Abortion Is A Campaign Issue
The topic of abortion exploded in our news media this week. It had a short fuse. Historian Heather Cox Richardson summarized two national news events in her April 9 Letter from an American: Yesterday, former president Trump released a video … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign
Tagged 2024 election, abortion, Iowa politics, Jeff Kaufmann, Reproductive Rights
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Coup #2 Starts In Iowa Next Month
7 minutes 30 seconds: Republican George Conway agrees with the Colorado Supreme Court: Even as Colorado stands up for the constitution and upholds the 14th amendment by barring insurrection leader Donald Trump from their primary ballots, Iowa gears up to … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, #trumpresistance, 2024 election, Civil Liberties
Tagged abortion, authoritarianism, dictator, Dobbs v. Jackson, Miller-Meeks, quoting Hitler, revenge, SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade, vengeance
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Abortion Foes Get Powerful New Weapon To Use Against Women
(8:30) It almost seems sometimes like we are living in some dystopian science fiction world where women are more like breeding stock than human. Last week came the announcement that the anti-abortion group has a new weapon in their forced … Continue reading
Posted in Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged abortion, detecting mifepristone, detecting mifeprostol, dystopia, outlawing birth control
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Bohannan Hits Opponent On Anti-Abortion Stand
When abortion is not available or severely restricted as Iowa wants to do (3 minutes) Email from the Christina Bohannan campaign: I wanted to make sure you saw this New York Times article about my race in case you missed … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 election, David Loebsack
Tagged abortion, Christina Bohannan, contraception, Jim Leach, Miller-Meeks
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Making Life Harder For Iowa Women
When the U.S. Supreme Court decided Roe vs. Wade in 1973, I was a junior at university. I reread the decision after retirement in 2009, along with dissenting opinions and some of the briefs. I know exactly one thing about … Continue reading
Posted in womens rights
Tagged abortion, contraception, domestic violence, HF 732, Roe v. Wade, womens rights
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