The Iowa Legislature’s decision to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood is limiting women’s health care choices, Democratic candidate for governor Todd Prichard said in a stop in Davenport on Friday.Prichard, a state representative from Charles City, made his first campaign appearance in the Quad Cities since announcing his candidacy earlier this week.Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced Thursday it is closing four of its 12 clinics around the state: the ones in Sioux City, Burlington, Keokuk and the Quad Cities-Bettendorf.
Todd Prichard: Taking Away Planned Parenthood Funding Wrong Move
etibbetts@qctimes.com (Ed Tibbetts,), The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Fri, 05/19/2017 - 9:48am
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