Iowa abortion wait period trial fuels poverty concerns
The hearing on Senate File 471 features experts arguing the 72 hour ultrasound wait will raise costs and travel burdens for low income and rural women. Judge Farrell vows a prompt but careful ruling as cases consider access, safety, and patient burdens amid state opposition.
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Ophthalmologist seeks nod for outpatient cataract center in Iowa
Cedar Rapids ophthalmologist Lee Birchansky seeks a certificate of need to open an outpatient cataract surgery center next to his H Avenue office. The bid, his fifth, challenges Iowa's CON process, argues it burdens medical entrepreneurs, and notes new Health Facilities Council members may shift posture toward non hospital providers. Five eastern Iowa hospitals oppose the proposal, citing adequate existing surgery capacity, while Birchansky cites convenience and lower Medicare reimbursements for ambulatory centers. The case accompanies a federal lawsuit with the Institute for Justice asserting the CON law is unconstitutional.
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Former Iowa GOP staffer wins 2.2M harassment suit
Kirsten Anderson, once communications director for the Iowa Senate Republican caucus, was awarded 2.2 million by a Polk County jury after claiming a boys club culture fostered sexual harassment. The verdict tallies 1.4 million for past distress and 795 thousand for future harm amid testimony about behavior by Jim Friedrich and Sen. Shawn Hamerlinck.
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