Judge Karen Romano said this morning that she will rule by Tuesday on a request by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland for a stay of a rule instituted by the Iowa Board of Medicine that abortionists must be physically present when dispensing chemical abortifacients to pregnant women.
At issue is what the Board sees as a matter of safety and PPH sees as an impediment to its relentless campaign to expand abortion into rural areas.
The hearing comes two days after Austin-based U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled on portions of Texas’s pro-life HB 2. In this context the relevant point is that Judge Yeakel said nothing to challenge the law’s requirement that the abortionist “must examine the pregnant woman,” which is not done in web-cam abortions.
PPH has asked Romano first to impose a temporary stay on the rule (adopted August 30), then to overturn it permanently. This morning’s hearing in Polk County District Court focused on the request for a stay. Unless a stay is granted, the rule goes into effect November 6.
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