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Planned Parenthood is planning to close three facilities in Iowa, with a plan to consolidate abortions at other facilities.<\/p>\n

According to the Associated Press<\/a> (AP), Planned Parenthood North Central States said it has committed 9% more abortions since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization<\/em> was decided last year, overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em>. Yet staff shortages have allegedly led to the facility closures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe shifting legal sands make it hard for patients to keep up, and that creates a chilling effect to accessing health care,\u201d Ruth Richardson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States, told the AP. \u201cThis new landscape is unfair \u2014 but in all honesty, it\u2019s been unfair for quite some time for structurally marginalized communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though some facilities are closing, they will be redirecting staff to other facilities, allowing the number of abortions they commit to increase even more. The facilities remaining open will be in Ames, Cedar Rapids, and Des Moines, and in Omaha, Nebraska. \u201cI must emphasize that, while the number of Planned Parenthood health centers will decrease, these changes will increase the number of patients that we can see,\u201d spokesperson Mazie Stilwell said.<\/p>\n

READ: Iowa Supreme Court issues strange ruling on state\u2019s \u2018heartbeat law\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a ruling<\/a> keeping the state’s heartbeat law blocked. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill banning abortions after detectable heartbeat in 2018, which contained exceptions for rape and incest. It was struck down in 2019, first by a district judge and then by the Iowa Supreme Court, which Reynolds appealed.<\/p>\n

The most recent ruling upheld the previous decision to keep the law protecting preborn children blocked, meaning abortions can continue being committed there.<\/p>\n

Still, there is the possibility of a new law being introduced; the Iowa Supreme Court reportedly refused to ‘legislate from the bench’, but nothing prevents lawmakers from enacting a new, identical, law. Reynolds said at that time that lawmakers would continue fighting to protect life in Iowa.<\/p>\n

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Planned Parenthood is planning to close three facilities in Iowa, with a plan to consolidate abortions at other facilities. According to the Associated Press (AP), Planned Parenthood North Central States said it has committed 9% more abortions since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was decided last year, overturning Roe v. Wade. Yet staff shortages […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":279088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15,3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nPlanned Parenthood is closing three Iowa facilities. 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