Letters to the Editor: Julie Roe’s attack against State Senator Steve Sodders regarding his stance on HF657, a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, is full of misinformation. First of all, the “medical science” claiming that a fetus feels pain at 20 weeks is inconclusive. Many studies have ...
Letter to the Editor: A recent letter by Julie Roe makes a number of false and misleading statements. In 2009, there were 6 abortions performed after 20 weeks in the state of Iowa. Six. Moreover, Dr. Carhart might not even come to Iowa. He announced his intentions almost 7 months ago. Where ...
Dear Editor This legislative session the Fetal Pain Awareness Bill HF 657 was introduced to eliminated abortions after 20 weeks, more than halfway through pregnancy, with the backing of medical science that a baby at the stage can feel intense pain and is able to live on its own outside the ...
Dear Editor, Most Iowans recognize that Iowa’s crop and livestock products play a major role in global food security. As a leader in the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA), I have taken several trips to foreign countries and have seen firsthand the growing importance of increasing a farmer’s ...
Letter to the Editor: Budget gridlock in Des Moines hits working families across Iowa Enough with the games!!! This is getting personal and is just plain wrong. This started a few years ago. I have a close personal friend that lost her job with the State of Iowa. She was a court reporter. She ...
To the Editor, As we recover from the recession, giving our kids the best education possible is important. That’s the only way our children and our communities can compete for the jobs of the future. Now is certainly not the time to cut off any new state support for our local schools. We ...
Dear Editor: Question about voting? If a 80 year old republican white woman goes to vote and has know photo ID because she doesn’t drive anymore. Will the republican poll watcher send her home? What is more important voter registration card or photo ID? Once the new districts are approved. ...
Letter to the Editor: Shoot the Messenger. That’s the solution advocated by the bipartisan vote for House file 589 that has just gone to the Iowa Senate. Unbelievable. Factory farms are nothing more than industrial meat factories, permeated by their very structure and purpose with ...
To the Editor: I am amazed at the speed at which our Iowa legislature can act, both parties agreeing together on an issue that they deem to be so important to our state. No, I am not talking about our deteriorating schools, the fact that many of our young people are failing to graduate, or the ...
Letter to the Editor: If a session lasts more than four hours: Another bill has come whiffling out of the Republican controlled Iowa House of Irrelevancy. True to form, this one has no more civic value than confetti unleashed into the air by happied-up revelers on New Year’s Eve. And it ...