The Gazette Editorial Board---- We understand that having a Legislature controlled by both Republicans and Democrats means cutting deals. Some are good compromises forged in the interest of solving problems and governing Iowa. But then there are the misguided deals that make us wonder what lawmakers were thinking.Under the latter category falls a deal that led to the passage of a massive health and human services budget bill.The bill, which also contained hard-won bipartisan compromise on Medicaid expansion, got bogged down in a dispute over Medicaid-funded abortions. Each year, Medicaid pays for a small number of abortions in cases of fetal ...