It is unfortunate that today, the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Iowa is facing the latest injustice against the unborn. Today the Fetal Heartbeat Law was ruled unconstitutional by Polk County Judge Michael Huppert. Make no mistake, today's decision was based on an...
Heartbeat Hearing – December 7th
Planned Parenthood hopes its most recent legal maneuver will make Iowa's Heartbeat Law just quietly go away. Now, Iowa's unborn children need you to make sure there's nothing "quiet" about it. The voice of the innocent in the womb has been ignored long enough! Iowa's...
This week may go down as one of the most interesting weeks ever when it comes to our battle with Planned Parenthood.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday, May 22, made his proposed ?Protect Life Rule? official to defund Planned Parenthood of the $60 million dollars that it receives via Title X Family Planning dollars.?Last week the president said the rule would be forthcoming?and late...
UPDATE! Iowa House and Senate pass “Heartbeat” bill and sends it to Governor Reynolds’ desk for signature.
Iowa House and Senate pass "Heartbeat" bill and sends it to Governor Reynolds' desk for signature. Each chamber spent hours in sometimes contentious debate on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 and well into the early morning hours of May 2 in order to pass the ?Heartbeat? bill...
March 30, 2018: “Heartbeat” bill legislative update
As of this morning (3/30/18) SF359 (the amended fetal body parts, now ?heartbeat?) has not moved to, or been scheduled for floor debate. What has been done is that amendments have been submitted by two house representatives; Rep. Wessel ? Kroeschell (D) of Story has...
March 21: UPDATE on the Heartbeat bill
Here's a quick update on the public hearing that was held at the Capital on Tuesday evening (March 20), which I (Roger Rowland, Iowa Right to Life board President)?attended. There's an article on p. 3A of the Des Moines Register today (March 21)?that does a pretty...
March 20, 2018: IMMEDIATE Information on Heartbeat bill !!
IMMEDIATE Information on Heartbeat bill: SF 359 will have a public hearing TODAY (Tuesday), March 20, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.?in RM 103, Supreme Court Chamber Room at the Iowa State Capitol.? The hearing will have all members of the Human Resources committee at a minimum.?...
UPDATE on the Heartbeat Bill as of March 19, 2018 !!!
Thursday, March 15: the Iowa House - Human Resources Committee, met on SF359. The first order of business was amending SF359 (Fetal Body parts), and adding Fetal Heartbeat language. The amendment passed 12-9 with Michael Bergan (R-District 55) being the only...
MARCH 15: IMMEDIATE ACTION ALERT for Heartbeat Bill!
We need your help TODAY! The heartbeat bill will be debated in committee today, March 15th at 2:00pm (or later) in room 103 at the State Capital.? It is now a part of the Fetal Body Parts bill (SF359).? Today is the last gasp opportunity to keep this legislation alive...
March 8, 2018 ACTION ALERT: We need to ask our Pro-life supporters for immediate help.
Please contact your own Iowa House Representative and ask them to actively support and vote YES on the "Heartbeat" bill that is currently in the Iowa House. We need their support both in the committee process and voting for the bill if it gets to the House floor for...