The terms and ideas behind this ban are so authoritarian. They read like the rules and phrases in Animal Farm. I swear these Iowa Republicans study dictatorships in history and in fiction to get their tips.
Especially the bits about the misnomers - this is so critical to keep harping on. The GOP has set the vocabulary - incorrectly, purposefully and we just gotta take it allllll back. Megan is fire. One thing that is overlooked in this conversation - and I am digging into myself but we ALL should - is the idea of an "abortion reversal" pill. There is no such thing. And, in Iowa as around the country there are fake clinics touting the availability of these so called reversal pills. One in Cedar Rapids has received state funding....so....
There have been bills introduced seeking to force Iowa doctors to provide information on abortion reversal, but to my knowledge, they have not been adopted. I was not aware of the Cedar Rapids clinic. Under which program did they receive state funding? Look forward to your digging on this.
I don't think they have passed either. The "clinic" in Cedar Rapids is Bridgehaven but the have also done business as Aid to Women, Inc. The government grant for $110K is from their 2021 990 - doesn't look like they got any last year. They are awful. RE: what program I can't tell. Iowa checkbook has been acting up most of the day and when I try to find it on the HHS website it just comes up as a broken link.
Yes thanks for this in-depth look at a disastrous piece of legislation. It’s all so sloppy. Even the strictest anti-abortionists should be embarrassed at how it is structured and worded.
Thank you for this in-depth report! So frustrating to be going backwards in this country—back to controlling the lives of women as well as imposing the “religious” views of the minority on everyone else.
The terms and ideas behind this ban are so authoritarian. They read like the rules and phrases in Animal Farm. I swear these Iowa Republicans study dictatorships in history and in fiction to get their tips.
Especially the bits about the misnomers - this is so critical to keep harping on. The GOP has set the vocabulary - incorrectly, purposefully and we just gotta take it allllll back. Megan is fire. One thing that is overlooked in this conversation - and I am digging into myself but we ALL should - is the idea of an "abortion reversal" pill. There is no such thing. And, in Iowa as around the country there are fake clinics touting the availability of these so called reversal pills. One in Cedar Rapids has received state funding....so....
There have been bills introduced seeking to force Iowa doctors to provide information on abortion reversal, but to my knowledge, they have not been adopted. I was not aware of the Cedar Rapids clinic. Under which program did they receive state funding? Look forward to your digging on this.
I don't think they have passed either. The "clinic" in Cedar Rapids is Bridgehaven but the have also done business as Aid to Women, Inc. The government grant for $110K is from their 2021 990 - doesn't look like they got any last year. They are awful. RE: what program I can't tell. Iowa checkbook has been acting up most of the day and when I try to find it on the HHS website it just comes up as a broken link.
Oh, also - it was/is run by Mom's for Liberty member and one of the members of the clinic's board ran for (and lost) Linn-Mar school board seat.
Thank you, Laura. This scenario is heartbreaking and cruel for so many females, their families, and their physicians.
Yes thanks for this in-depth look at a disastrous piece of legislation. It’s all so sloppy. Even the strictest anti-abortionists should be embarrassed at how it is structured and worded.
Thank you for this in-depth report! So frustrating to be going backwards in this country—back to controlling the lives of women as well as imposing the “religious” views of the minority on everyone else.