{"id":1966056,"date":"2023-07-06T19:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-gov-seeks-to-expand-protection-of-unborn-by-reviving-heartbeat-abortion-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T19:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:18:35","slug":"iowa-gov-seeks-to-expand-protection-of-unborn-by-reviving-heartbeat-abortion-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-gov-seeks-to-expand-protection-of-unborn-by-reviving-heartbeat-abortion-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Governor aims to strengthen protection for the unborn by reviving &#8216;heartbeat&#8217; abortion ban."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-gov-seeks-to-expand-protection-of-unborn-by-reviving-heartbeat-abortion-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966056&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0706\/c582a9c4-2bca-44cd-82aa-8345996acf7f\/audio.mp3?length=4001517&#038;duration=333\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has called a special legislative session to look at the possibility of reviving a ban on abortion after the detection of an unborn baby\u2019s heartbeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIowans deserve to have their legislative body address the issue of abortion expeditiously, and all unborn children deserve to have their lives protected by the government as the fetal heartbeat law did,\u201d Reynolds wrote in an order that indicates lawmakers will meet on July 11 to address the matter of reimposing the restriction on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Reynolds\u2019 move follows a split 3-3 decision by the state Supreme Court in June that declined to reimpose the roughly six-week abortion ban that Reynolds has long championed.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Immoral to Stop an Innocent Beating Heart\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In 2018, Gov. Reynolds signed into law a bill (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/docs\/publications\/LGE\/87\/SF359.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) that passed along party lines to bolster protections for the unborn by raising the threshold for a legal abortion from 20 weeks to when a fetal heartbeat is detected, or roughly around six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that not everyone will agree with this decision,\u201d Gov. Reynolds said in a statement after signing the bill in 2018. \u201cBut if death is determined when a heart stops beating, then doesn\u2019t a beating heart indicate life? For me, it is immoral to stop an innocent beating heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the law\u2014which included exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, incest, and fetal abnormality\u2014argued that the six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-gov-seeks-to-expand-protection-of-unborn-by-reviving-heartbeat-abortion-ban\/\" title=\"Iowa Governor aims to strengthen protection for the unborn by reviving 'heartbeat' abortion ban.\">-week deadline prohibited abortions<\/a> before many women realized they were pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-capitol-enclosed-in-razor-wire-to-ward-off-anticipated-pro-abortion-protesters\/\" title=\"Arizona Capitol Enclosed in Razor Wire to Ward Off Anticipated Pro-Abortion Protesters\">pro-abortion groups sued<\/a> to block the law, and, in 2019, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-supreme-court-issues-rare-3-3-decision-declines-to-reinstate-abortion-law\/\" title=\"Iowa Supreme Court splits 3\u20133, won't revive abortion law.\">district court nullified<\/a> the six-week abortion ban, with a Polk County District Court judge ruling that it was unconstitutional based on state and federal law.<\/p>\n<p>The case was taken up last year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal protection of the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Then in 2022, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed an opinion that said the state constitution affirms the right to abortion, with Reynolds working through state courts to revive the 2018 ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019ve fought so hard in the courts to make sure that this legislative body can do what it so clearly has the power to do: protect the unborn,\u201d Gov. Reynolds said in a January 2023 \u201cCondition of the State\u201d speech.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled last month to leave the existing 20-week limit on abortions in place, Gov. Reynolds set out to push for a more restrictive measure on the legislative path.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIowans have elected representatives willing to stand up for the rights of the unborn and, in doing so, they have voted strongly in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/post-dobbs-the-abortion-battle-hits-activist-state-courts\/\" title=\"Post-Dobbs, The Abortion Battle Hits Activist State Courts\">pro-life principles<\/a> and against the arbitrary destruction of innocent, defenseless lives,\u201d Gov. Reynolds said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h2>Reactions<\/h2>\n<p>Reynolds\u2019 announcement drew mixed reactions, with conservatives hailing the decision while Democrats in the Legislature and Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa issued critical statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will always encourage and advocate toward the day when all innocent life is cherished and protected by law, from conception to natural death. But at minimum, we want to see Heartbeat repassed,\u201d Drew Zahn, a spokesperson for pro-life group The FAMiLY LEADER, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has called a special session to consider reinstating a ban on abortion upon detecting an unborn baby&#8217;s heartbeat. 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