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Iowa lawmakers pass “nation’s strongest pro-life legislation”

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DES MOINES – A bill that protects the lives of unborn children has passed the Iowa Legislature and could be signed by Governor Kim Reynolds.

The “heartbeat bill” now heads to the Governor’s desk after lawmakers – led by Republicans, who control both chambers in the Legislature – worked into the wee hours of the morning Wednesday.

The bill bans abortions once a heartbeat is detected in a fetus, which is usually after about 6 weeks of pregnancy.

A Democratic Iowa candidate for Governor, Andy McGuire, said “Iowa will have more extreme restrictions on women’s reproductive freedoms than Alabama, Mississippi, Kansas and every other state,” after the bill passed.

Critics say women would be banned from obtaining an abortion “often before they even know they are pregnant.”

Steve King
(CNN photo)

Iowa Congressman Steve King, who is pursuing more abortion restrictions in Congress, chimed in, too, saying “With their votes, the Iowa legislature has heroically placed our state in the forefront of efforts to protect innocent, unborn life from the abortionists,” said King. “It was a deeply moral and principled vote, and it reflects our shared Iowa values by ensuring that if a heartbeat is detected, the baby must be protected. Gov. Reynolds is the most pro-life governor in Iowa’s history and I have confidence in her and I anticipate this bill will become law.”

“It was a pleasure supporting the efforts of members of Iowa’s House and Senate to secure passage of Senate File 359. Legislators share my belief, and the belief of the many pro-life organizations that joined in this effort, that the time is right for a challenge to Roe v. Wade to occur. On the federal level, we have a pro-life House of Representatives, a pro-life United States Senate, a pro-life President, and a United States Supreme Court that may well be receiving a new Constitutionalist Justice in the near future. We should pair a federal Heartbeat Bill with the Iowa Heartbeat Bill to set the stage for the complete overturn of the Supreme Court’s terrible Roe v. Wade decision.”

On the federal level, Congressman King’s Heartbeat Protection Act has 171 cosponsors, and the support of 162 pro-life organizations and leaders. On the House floor, Congressman King recently detailed his “Four Open Windows” strategy for outlawing abortion.

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