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The House passed a two-tiered spending bill.

Republican lawmakers have increasingly positioned pregnancy resource centers as a backstop for maternal health care. Critics say taxpayer dollars should be used elsewhere.

In Iowa, the Legislature this year doubled to $1 million the state funding for a program that supports crisis pregnancy centers. Gov. Kim Reynolds had asked for $2 million.

In Iowa, the Legislature this year doubled to $1 million the state funding for a program that supports crisis pregnancy centers. Gov. Kim Reynolds had asked for $2 million.

In Iowa, the Legislature this year doubled to $1 million the state funding for a program that supports crisis pregnancy centers. Gov. Kim Reynolds had asked for $2 million.

In Iowa, the Legislature this year doubled to $1 million the state funding for a program that supports crisis pregnancy centers. Gov. Kim Reynolds had asked for $2 million.

States that have passed strict abortion bans have been funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into privately operated clinics that steer women away from abortions but provide little if any health care services.

Legislators in states with some of the strictest abortion bans are pouring millions into pregnancy resource centers.

States with strict abortion bans are giving millions into pregnancy resource centers, painting them as solutions to poor birth outcomes.

This year’s Almost Anything Goes competitions challenged contestants to play leapfrog and run with food in their mouths, while the audience was kept in stitches.