The truth is, if the Democrats didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all. As with the filibuster, in less than three months they have done a 180-degree turn on the legitimacy of state-certified election results.
Gov. Kim Reynolds allows people the freedom to take health precautions if they wish to, but without the previous mandates, including enforced physical distancing and mask wearing.
The 'optics of challenging certified election results' concerns Democrats as President Trump asks state legislatures to address presidential election fraud.
In 2018, the Iowa Supreme Court struck down a three-day waiting period on abortion as a supposed violation of 'due process and equal protection.' However, current U.S. Supreme Court precedent expressly upholds shorter one-day waiting periods.
The bishops call for an 'effective vaccine or widespread testing and contact data' before they will consider no longer forbidding their priests to offer the Mass to the faithful.