Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a woman who gets an abortion to sue the doctor who performed the procedure if she experiences emotional distress later. If approved, it would be the first law of its kind in the country. And it could make the state vulnerable to costly court challenges. The proposal would permit the woman to file a lawsuit at any point in her life, something that would go against typical statute of limitation rules.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa senator has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for his part in attempting to hide payments he received to endorse presidential candidate Ron Paul in 2012. Kent Sorenson was Iowa chairman of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s presidential campaign when he shifted support to Paul days before the 2012 Iowa Caucuses. Prosecutors sought probation because Sorenson testified against three Paul campaign staffers. Judge Robert Pratt said Sorenson’s acts of corruption justified prison time.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds says she supports cutting money that helps at-risk youth in Iowa in order to pay for a new program that ends state funding for Planned Parenthood. Reynolds, the incoming Iowa governor, defended the plan Tuesday by saying other services like foster care wouldn’t be affected. The Associated Press reported Sunday that the plan includes passing up millions of federal dollars and redirecting $2.8 million that currently goes to child and family services.

MARION, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa civil rights group is warning an eastern Iowa city to stop enforcing a local ordinance that requires a permit to hold a political sign on a sidewalk. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa demands in a letter Tuesday to Marion leaders that they end enforcement of the ordinance after receiving a complaint from a local resident. The ACLU says police warned the resident in September that he was breaking local law.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow a woman who gets an abortion to sue the doctor who performed the procedure if she experiences emotional distress later. If approved, it would be the first law of its kind in the U.S.

The proposal would permit the woman to file a lawsuit at any point in her life, something that would go against typical statute of limitation rules. It could also make the state vulnerable to costly court challenges.

Sen. Mark Chelgren is the Republican who introduced the bill. He says the measure is about holding doctors and clinics accountable. It’s unclear how much GOP support the idea has in the Iowa Legislature, though the state’s incoming Republican governor did not dismiss it.

Officials with PRIDE (the Progressive Rural Iowa Development Enterprise, Inc.) have an announced one legislative coffee has been scheduled in Cass County for the 2017 session by PRIDE. The public is welcome to attend the session set for 10-a.m. Saturday, January 21st,  the Cumberland Fire Station (216 Main Street), in Cumberland .

This year, area residents have an opportunity to meet with Senator Tom Shipley and Representative Tom Moore, so they can talk about the legislative session, and hear your concerns about what matters most to southwest Iowans.

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P.R.I.D.E. is the economic development organization that works on behalf of communities, businesses, and citizens for Southwest Iowa. For additional information, please contact Clarke Gerlock at 712-774-5476, or Kenner Baxter, president, at 781-2395.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports three people have been arrested on drug-related charges following a traffic stop this (Tuesday) morning on Highway 92 at Highway 148.  46-year old Thomas Matthew Connors III, of Omaha, was arrested on a charge of Possession of Methamphetamine 1^st Offense, and 28-year old Jose Gonzalez, of Cicero, IL, was arrested for Possession Marijuana 1^st Offense and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Both men were taken to the Cass County Jail where they remain held on $1,000 bond each.

Last Friday, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 26-year old Justin Tyler Jacobs, of Atlantic, on charges of Possession of Methamphetamine 2^nd Offense and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Jacobs was taken to the Cass County Jail and released the following day on $2,000 bond.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also, 23-year old Jennifer Rose Passarelli, of Council Bluffs, was arrested today (Tuesday), on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Passarelli was taken to the Cass County Jail where she remains held on $5,000 bond.

Last Friday, 40-year old Daniel Patrick Campbell, of Walnut, was arrested by Cass County Deputies on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Campbell was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on $10,000 bond.

On January 11th, 19-year old Austin Daniel Malloy, of Walnut, was arrested on a Cass County Sheriff’s Office warrant for OWI 1^st Offense. Malloy was taken to the Cass County Jail and released later that day on his own recognizance.

On January 10th, Cass County Deputies arrested 37-year old Joseph Leeray Bartlett, of Council Bluffs, on a Sheriff’s Office warrant for felony counts of Assault on a Police Officer, Eluding and two counts of Criminal Mischief 2^nd Offense. Bartlett was taken to the Cass County Jail where he remains held on $25,000 bond.

And, on January 8th, 29-year old Ryan Charles Juhl, of Atlantic, was charged with Serious Assault with regard to an incident in the Cass County Jail. Juhl remains held at the Cass County Jail on $51,000 bond.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa trial again has been delayed for a Nebraska man charged with killing his wife. Court records say a Woodbury County judge approved a defense request to delay Rogelio Morales’ trial. It had been scheduled to begin Jan. 24. Court records don’t show that a new date has been set.

The case was delayed last fall after Morales’ previous attorney withdrew from the case. The 29-year-old Morales lives in Hubbard, Nebraska. He’s pleaded not guilty to killing 21-year-old Margarita Morales, of South Sioux City, Nebraska, on April 19, 2015, in his car near a Sioux City residence.

Court documents say Morales told investigators a fight broke out when his wife told him she no longer wanted to be in a relationship and that she was seeing another man.