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IOWA ABORTION BILL HEARING CANCELLED

A HEARING AT THE IOWA CAPITOL TODAY (TUESDAY) ON A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED ABORTIONS IN IOWA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TWENTY-FOUR HOUSE REPUBLICANS CO-SPONSORED THE BILL THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT A CRIME FOR IOWA DOCTORS TO PERFORM ABORTIONS.

REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE JON DUNWELL, A PASTOR FROM NEWTON, WAS THE BILL’S LEAD SPONSOR.


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ABORTBILL1 OC…………THIS YEAR.” :12

DUNWELL, WHO IS NOT SEEKING REELECTION, SAYS HE’S DISAPPOINTED, BUT SAYS THE REALITY IS THERE WERE NOT 51 “YES” VOTES FROM REPUBLICANS TO PASS THE BILL IN THE HOUSE.

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ABORTBILL2 OC………ACROSS THE LINE.” :15

THAT BILL WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR OUT-OF-STATE DOCTORS TO SEND ABORTION MEDICATION TO IOWA WOMEN THROUGH THE MAIL.

THERE’S A DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY FOR POLICY BILLS TO CLEAR A COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE OR SENATE, OR BE SIDELINED FOR THE YEAR.

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