Iowa House Republicans Voting No on Personhood Need to Explain Themselves

Iā€™m not ready to throw these Iowa House Republicans under the bus…

Mike Gronstal Cares More About Planned Parenthood Than His Own Constituents

The Iowa Senate Majority Leader Dictator Mike Gronstalling (D-Council Bluffs) will not…

Paul McKinley: Bi-Partisanship Needed to Break “The Great Stalemate”

By State Senator Paul McKinley To use a baseball analogy, the 2011…

Mike Gronstal Wrong About Primary Reason Women Have Late-Term Abortions

Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) said in a statement…

Possible Action on Iowa Late-Term Abortion Ban in Iowa Senate

After typical inaction by the Iowa Senate with Iowa Senate Majority Leader…

Mike Gronstal to Blame If Late Term Abortion Ban Dies in Iowa Senate

Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) has said he will…

Iowa Senate Democrats Dithering on Late Term Abortion Ban

The Iowa Senate Democratic Caucus is stalling on the late term abortion…

Abortion Numbers in Perspective, Why We Must Fight The Good Fight Nationally and in Iowa

Yesterday, Dan McLaughlin at RedState shared a staggering list of numbers that…

An Apology to Make

When I started this blog back in 2006 (then it was hosted…

What Really Happened to HF 153?

Craig Robinson raises some great questions about the personhood bill that State…

Iowa’s Late Term Abortion Ban (HF 5) Voted Out of House Government Oversight Committee

Itā€™s kind of like watching sausage get made. The bill, HF 5,…

The Hubris of The Des Moines Register: Iowa House Republicans Should Bow to Mike Gronstal

The editorial in Saturdayā€™s Des Moines Register, ā€œPolitics over problem-solvingā€ demonstrates a…

Iowans United for Life Speak out at Iowa Statehouse

Several prolife groups held a joint press conference yesterday at the Iowa…

The Iowa Personhood Bill (HF 153) Is Dead or Is It?

Two conflicting reports on the status of HF 153 authored by State…

Iowa Legislature Watch: Education, Prolife, and Marriage Bills Going Through the Statehouse (Update)

Here are some bills that I have been watching (or at least…

Responding to Rebuttals To My Support of HF 5 Iowa’s Late-Term Abortion Ban

I wanted to address a couple of comments I have received after…