The ACLU of Iowa, on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, filed a lawsuit to block a law excluding Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from receiving crucial funding to provide sex education for youth in Iowa. The lawsuit was in response to House File 766, a bill passed by the Iowa Legislature, and signed into law in May 2019 by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
The law barred organizations that provide abortions or advocate in support of access to safe and legal abortion from receiving certain grants that support sex education for the youth of Iowa. The law excluded Planned Parenthood, which has successfully competed for these funds and used the state-approved curriculum to provide sex education to tens of thousands of Iowa youth since 2005.
