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By Kim Schwartz, Texas Right to Life Sub-zero temps and snowstorms brought Shenandoah, Iowa, to a standstill, but Dr. Chase Brown had an important appointment to make. Krystal Gardner was due to have her baby and Dr. Brown had only one way to get to the hospital. On...
In her January 9th speech Gov. Reynolds also called for more assistance for new mothers. “As we continue to fight for the law in the courts, I want to thank you for putting Iowa firmly on the side of life. “By passing the heartbeat bill, we affirmed an...
By Gayle Irwin A dream came true recently for staff operating an Iowa pregnancy help center as doors to a mother’s home opened and welcomed its first resident. “We are officially open,” said Peggy Knudson, founder and director of Cradle of Hope. “This is just a...
By National Right to Life Political Department Can you believe it? The first votes in the 2024 presidential election are less than a month away from being cast! On January 15th, voters in Iowa will be the first to make their voices heard. Iowa Republicans will gather...
By Dave Andrusko A week after Iowa’s Attorney General Brenna Bird asked the state Supreme Court to uphold Iowa’s Heartbeat law, the Alliance Defending Freedom filed a supportive brief built around the premise that “States have the strongest possible interest in...
By Dave Andrusko Yesterday, in a 64-page brief, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird asked the state Supreme Court to uphold Iowa’s Heartbeat law which has been under an injunction since July, three days after pro-life Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it into law....
Gov. Reynolds quickly fired off a response: “Judge Seidlin stated this week that the Iowa Supreme Court left off last month with an ‘invitation to litigate’ further the standard of review on abortion regulations. Invitation or not, I will never stop...” Read the whole...
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. After this story was composed but before we posted it online, there was a further development. “Gov. Kim Reynolds can proceed with an appeal on a temporary block on the state’s new, restrictive abortion law, the Iowa Supreme Court said...
By Dave Andrusko As she promised, pro-life Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday asked the Iowa Supreme Court to lift the temporary injunction blocking the state from enforcing the 2023 Heartbeat Law. After being in effect for a just little over two days, Polk County...
House awaiting Senate action By Dave Andrusko On Wednesday, the Iowa Senate Government Committee approved Senate Joint Resolution 2, a companion measure to HJR5 which the full House approved on January 27. If passed by both houses in consecutive legislative...