Iowa Right to Life

Branstad Keeps Arm’s Length From Personhood Suggestion In Abortion Debate, For Now

By Brittany Robb | July 8, 2016

Gov. Terry Branstad said in an IowaWatch interview he can’t commit support to an effort to extend personhood rights to fetuses at this early stage.

Telemedicine Has Increased Abortion Access In Iowa But Abortion Numbers Are Down

By Brock Borgeson | July 5, 2016

The number of abortions performed in Iowa has been dropping despite access to abortion services within close to a two-hour drive for most Iowans and through telemedicine.

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Looking Back At The Iowa Caucus —

It's been a month since Iowans caucused. How do Iowa's results look now that more than a quarter of the country has indicated its presidential preference?

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Investigative Reporting in Iowa

State collective bargaining law affecting U of I Hospitals and Clinics nursing shifts, extra pay

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is having difficulty getting nurses to work beyond their normal work schedules and assignments because the hospital delays payment for that work. The 2017 state law stripping public employee collective bargaining rights is getting a lot of the blame.

Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Some U of I faculty making good money as expert witnesses, even against state interests

University of Iowa faculty can earn extra cash serving as expert witnesses, and a lot do, even though critics say that might not always be in the state's best interests.

Source: The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Report: 1-year-old in Iowa day care left unchecked before death

A toddler who died at an Indianola, Iowa, day care had not been checked for two hours, records show.

Source: Des Moines Register

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abortion debate in Iowa

Branstad Keeps Arm’s Length From Personhood Suggestion In Abortion Debate, For Now

By Brittany Robb | July 8, 2016

abortion debate in Iowa

Telemedicine Has Increased Abortion Access In Iowa But Abortion Numbers Are Down

By Brock Borgeson | July 5, 2016