Mike Gronstal: Iowa's Perennial Power Player

Governing: As Republican presidential candidates make their way around Iowa ahead of next month’s key caucuses, one of the ways they’ve sought to distinguish themselves is by showing disdain for Planned Parenthood. After a brief period of respectful silence following the shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in November, several GOP candidates vowed to defund the women’s health and abortion provider, to strip it of its nonprofit status or, in the case of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, to prosecute it. They are echoing Republicans in much of the country. Planned Parenthood has already been defunded in a half-dozen states.

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