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A 64-year-old Iowa Falls physician has had formal disciplinary charges filed against him by the Iowa Board of Medicine.

Sister Mary McCauley, former pastoral administrator for the region that includes St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Postville, has been selected by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women to receive the 2009 Christine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice.

State Sen. Staci Appel has been named Iowa State Director of the Women Legislators’ Lobby (WiLL), a national network of female elected officials.  The group describes itself as nonpartisan but progressive, and it is affiliated with Women’s Action for Nuclear Disarmament.  It claims one in three female legislators as members.
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Iowans facing domestic violence or sexual assault are currently able to access crisis counseling, shelters and long-term support from a local program within driving distance. But if the state doesn’t soon find a way to maintain the $4 million that funds the programs, all that could change.

A 37-year-old man convicted by a Crawford County jury of human trafficking, ongoing criminal conduct and pandering was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison late Monday. According to Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, the case is the first to garner a conviction and subsequent sentencing under a human trafficking law that took effect [...]

Under a Health and Human Services rule unveiled this week, health-industry employees can walk away from any kind of patient care on the basis of a moral objection. If the health-care provider does not respect that individual’s decision, the government can remove the provider’s federal funding.

It seems that the medal for first robocall in Iowa following the 2008 general election goes to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Huckabee’s recorded voice is used on the call, which is a phone survey that, based on the questions asked, seeks to identify politically active opponents of abortion and to request contributions.

How can evangelicals support a woman for president at the same time they worry about women as pastors? By reading the Bible very selectively.

Overall, women will maintain 23 percent representation across both legislative branches — the highest Iowa has ever had.

The first part of a lengthy study comparing coverage of presidential hopefuls in two newspapers — one in Iowa and one in New Hampshire — is complete, and the statistics it unearthed should give female journalists pause.