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Joel Fry

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Iowa House Panel Approves Bill Requiring Informed Consent for Medical Abortions

An Iowa House panel approved a bill requires women seeking a medical abortion receive information about the potential side effects and risks involved.

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland to Close Four Clincs

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced today that due to the loss of most of their state funding they would be closing four clinics in Iowa.

Life at Conception Bill Filed in the Iowa House

HF 2142, a bill that would protect the unborn at the moment of conception introduced into the Iowa House, must be passed out of committee this week.

Bill Banning Sale or Research on Unborn Infant Remains Advances in Iowa House

A bill that bans the sale and experimentation on unborn infant remains advanced out of an Iowa House subcommittee on Tuesday.

The Iowa House Passes Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill

An ultrasound bill passed in the Iowa House of Representatives late Thursday afternoon on a 57 to 39 vote with bipartisan support.

Branstad on Gas Tax Hike: Timing Is Right

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said that the timing is right for a gas tax hike while legislators consider transportation infrastructure funding options.

Pre-Abortion Ultrasound Bill Filed in Iowa House

Pro-life advocates say seeing an ultrasound picture and hearing its description is an effective tool to help abortion-minded women in the state choose life.

Iowa House Republicans Elect Leadership

Iowa House Republicans elected the leadership team that will carry them into the eighty-sixth General Assembly, Paulsen and Upmeyer relected to leadership.

Personhood Bill Filed in the Iowa House

State Representative Tom Shaw (R-Laurens) filed a personhood bill, House File 138, which would make the abortion of preborn babies murder in Iowa.

Iowa House Republicans Re-Elect Paulsen and Upmeyer as Top Leaders

Iowa House Republicans re-elect State Representative Kraig Paulsen (R-Hiawatha) as Speaker of the Iowa House and State Representative Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) as House Majority Leader.

The FAMiLY LEADER Endorses Pro-Family Candidates for Iowa Republican Primary

Pleasant Hill, Iowa. – The FAMiLY LEADER announces their endorsements of nine…

Amy Sinclair will be a strong voice for Iowa Senate District 14

ALLERTON – Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds will be among the featured…

The Irrelevancy of Endorsements

Governor Tim Pawlenty announced 10 Iowa legislative endorsements today.  They are: Rep.…

Incumbents Fall As GOP Takes Back the Iowa House –Unofficially Win a 58 to 42 Majority

Some huge, huge wins happened last night at Republicans rolled to win…