Iowa state Sens. Janet Petersen, Herman Quirmbach, Todd Taylor, and Janice Weiner sent a letter to Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on Thursday demanding answers on a stalled “audit” of the state’s victims’ services program,...
Reproductive Freedom Under Threat in Iowa It’s been a momentous summer for reproductive rights in Iowa. Earlier this month, Republican politicians returned to Des Moines to pass a new 6-week abortion ban, blocking access in...
“The six-week abortion ban rammed through the legislature last week is an unconstitutional and dangerous attack on Iowa women,” Senate Democratic Leader Pam Jochum, D-Dubuque, said. “I’m relieved that the district court block this law,...
Iowa Senate Democratic Leader Pam Jochum released the following statement on Friday following Gov. Reynolds’ signing of House File 732, the six-week abortion ban. “Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill today that attacks the freedom...
Iowa Democratic senators responded to the extreme, near-total abortion ban introduced by Republican politicians and debated on the Senate floor on Tuesday. Senate Democratic Leader Pam Jochum, SF 579 floor manager Janice Weiner, and Health...
