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Should Abortions Be Considered Essential Procedures During The CoronaVirus Epidemic? Lets Debate! (Live Broadcast)

by Tj Sotomayor April 2, 2020 0 comments

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By: Tommy “Tj” Sotomayor

A Johnson County judge ordered Wednesday that some abortions can continue during the COVID-19 outbreak after Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered the procedures to stop.

A lawsuit against Reynolds was filed by the ACLU after the governor included abortions as elective and non-emergency procedure, requiring them to be halted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a combined statement from Planned Parenthood North Central States, ACLU of Iowa and the Emma Goldman Clinic, a judge ordered an agreement between the parties that allows physicians to make case-by-case decisions on whether patients will receive abortions.

The statement said Planned Parenthood will resume seeing patients for in-clinic procedures.

“We are all hoping for the quick end to this pandemic crisis and, in the meantime, we want to reassure patients that if they need to seek abortion or other reproductive health care services, they should contact Planned Parenthood to consult with a health care provider,” the statement said. “We, like all health care providers, must be focused on our patients right now and today’s agreement allows us to do so.”

Reynolds originally said the halt on abortions was intended to conserve medical equipment, which is in short supply due to COVID-19.

The Office of the Governor said in a statement, “Governor Reynolds is pleased that her proclamation remains in full effect and that surgical abortions will not be exempted from this suspension of nonessential and elective surgeries.”