DES MOINES — Democrats expressed skepticism Monday over Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ support for allowing Iowa women to buy birth control without a prescription, calling the proposal an election-driven change by a candidate who senses she has a problem heading into Nov. 6 balloting.During recent debates with Democratic challenger Fred Hubbell, Reynolds has indicated she thinks contraception should be available to Iowa women through pharmacies and without prescriptions to help expand access, choices and family-planning resources, particularly in rural Iowa.If she wins election next month to a post she assumed as lieutenant governor in May 2017 when Gov.
Democrats: Reynolds’ Birth Control Proposal ‘insulting’
Rod Boshart, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Mon, 10/22/2018 - 3:01pm
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