Tag Archives: Reproductive Rights

Kamala Harris And The A Word

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Paul Deaton

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 →

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Iowa Supreme Court Lifts Injunction Against HF 732

Posted on July 6, 2024 by Paul Deaton

From the Desk of Senator Weiner Friendly note to readers: This isn’t going to be brief. You’ll see below an overview of the six-week ban that the Iowa Supreme Court approved on a 4-3 vote this past Friday. These are … Continue reading →

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How Abortion Is A Campaign Issue

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Paul Deaton

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 →

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Women Making Their Own Medical Decisions

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Dave Bradley

From last summer (5 minutes): Never a wild eyed liberal, the very conservative Barry Goldwater once observed about extremist right wing religious nuts that:  There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is … Continue reading →

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Join ACLU Iowa Virtual Workshop: Reproductive Freedom

Posted on April 11, 2023 by Trish Nelson
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Reproductive Rights Rallies In Iowa Today And Tomorrow

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Dave Bradley

Got these THREE notices of rallies for Reproductive Rights in Iowa for Saturday and Sunday: In Iowa City: ********************************************************************************* In Des Moines: MEDIA ADVISORY – RALLY FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AT THE IOWA STATE CAPITOL TOMORROW Progress Iowa <press@progressiowa.org> Fri 5/6/2022 10:00 … Continue reading →

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Iowa Women’s March Events

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Here is a list of Iowa Women’s March events this weekend.  For more information or to RSVP go to  Women’s March  To find out if there is an event near you go to Women’s March and enter your zip code. … Continue reading →

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Survivor Urges Ernst to Reauthorize VAWA

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Dave Bradley

In this video from Progress Iowa, citizen Margi Stephens calls out current Iowa senator Joni Ernst for Ernst’s action – or rather lack of action – on the once totally uncontroversial Violence Against Women Act or VAWA. As Stephens runs … Continue reading →

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