Today's Podcast Topic: what is happening to women in Iowa as a result of the six-week abortion ban
...hear from three women who deal with the challenge daily
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In January of 2023, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision that legalized abortion throughout the country. Richard Nixon was president, and “All in the Family” was one of the hottest shows on network television. If you weren’t alive when those two historic events in our culture occurred, you have had the right to an abortion all of your life until recently.
Today, thanks to a reversal by a different Supreme Court, now packed with controversial nominations by former president Donald Trump, these freedoms are being reversed state by state, and Iowa now has some of the most restriction laws in the country.
On our Monday noon podcast call we will talk to three women who deal with the consequences of these changes, and know what it means to individuals who are caught in a nightmarish vortex.
Our guests:
Mazie Stilwell is the Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood North Central States and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa. She oversees their advocacy and policy work, including lobbying at the Capitol and electoral programs. Mazie earned her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and a certificate in Critical Cultural Competency from the University of Iowa and her Master of Arts in Communications, Public Affairs, and Advocacy from Drake University. She and her husband live in Des Moines with their six-year-old son and one-year-old daughter.
Rebecca Shaw, who was born and raised in Decorah, Iowa. She received her B.A. degree from Luther College and her MD degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine.
She has over 40 years of caring for Iowa women and their babies.
Currently Rebecca is an Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine : teaching medical students and physician assistant students.
Current clinical work: Rebecca is the volunteer Medical Director for the Polk County Sexual Assault Response Team.
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Thanks, Julie for calling on me.
I stand firmly in support of the need for stricter definitions and clarifications as discussed. It's disheartening that the nurse did not insist on the correct ultrasound verbiage. As a voter, I feel a sense of violation.
I have a master's degree in nursing administration and have been a compliance nurse for the last ten years of my life. I'm not much for listening to blaming. We waste so much time on that. I like to know where we are on an issue, and what needs to be done.
I hadn't called in to say yea or nay on abortion other than the law must be followed.
I called in to say the only reason the state has an interest in this is because of a section of the law that says the governor has a right to approve Medicaid payment of an abortion. It is a 10th Amendment right. Take that out, and the argument Michael Huppert, Polk County District Court, 2018 may still be valid.