Iowa House Democratic Leader Mark Smith and State Representative Abby Finkenauer of Dubuque will visit Decorah for a legislative listening post Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. at the Decorah Public Library. Representatives Smith and Finkenauer will listen to local concerns regarding the recent efforts of House Republicans including State Representative Mike Bergan, State Representative Jane Bloomingdale and State Representative Kristi Hager to lower Iowa’s minimum wage, underfund public schools, raise property taxes and close down women’s health clinics, Smith said.
Category: Women’s Health
GOP bill would allow states to defund Planned Parenthood
The House voted Thursday to make it easier for states to deny federal family-planning funds to groups such as Planned Parenthood that also perform abortions. A rule imposed by the Obama administration says that states cannot deny funding to clinics for reasons unrelated to their ability to provide basic family planning services.
Women could take big hit if ACA is tossed
From a return to higher premiums based on gender, to gaps in coverage for birth control and breast pumps, experts say women could end up paying more for less if the Obama-era health care law is repealed. The 2010 law ended a common industry practice of charging women more than men for policies purchased directly from an insurer.
Defund Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood serves clients on the lower end of our economic structure in the United States. Those clients must meet published guidelines to receive services.
Judge blocks Texas from defunding Planned Parenthood; study finds…
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015. The decision by U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks adds Texas to the list of Republican-controlled states that have been thwarted in efforts to cut off Medicaid dollars to the nation’s largest abortion provider.
GOP House panel: Halt federal money for Planned Parenthood
A Republican-run House panel created to investigate Planned Parenthood and the world of fetal tissue research has urged Congress to halt federal payments to the women’s health organization. Democrats said the GOP probe had unearthed no wrongdoing and wasted taxpayers’ money in an abusive investigation reminiscent of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
Congress returns with aggressive conservative agenda
As a new Congress convenes Tuesday, Republicans will arrive with a long and aggressive to-do list, emboldened by majorities in the House and the Senate and the promise of President-elect Donald Trump. Working from a blueprint of the last half-decade, they’re anxious to enact the conservative policy agenda that a Democratic White House has thwarted, undoing much of President Barack Obama’s legacy in the process.
This Bible Belt Abortion Provider Is Looking Beyond Trump
Abortion providers have had a rollercoaster year. On the one hand, a landmark abortion rights case in Texas saw an affirmative ruling from the Supreme Court, overturning restrictions that aimed to put clinics out of business across the United States.