Cedar Rapids Gazette: Abortion providers on Wednesday dropped their request for an emergency injunction against an order from Gov. Kim Reynolds banning “nonessential” surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic after it became clear the order doesn’t forbid all surgical abortions. During a brief hearing in Johnson County District Court, Rita Bettis Austen, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa on behalf of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Des Moines and the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City, said the providers’ motion was being withdrawn.