Renee Aamodt spoke in favor of the proposed constitutional amendment on abortion. She said she’s pro-woman and a true feminist. Working in the construction field, she said she has many motivations to stand for women’s rights.
“Not only am I pro-woman and pro-democracy, but I am pro-life,” she said.
Aamodt quoted Mother Theresa, who said abortion is so profoundly anti-woman. She noted that three-fourths of abortions victims are women — half of the babies and all the moms.
“In fact, well over half of babies aborted around the world are girls,” she said. “How is this pro-woman, I ask myself?”
More than half of women who have an abortion say they felt pressured by others to abort, she noted.
Regardless, Aamodt said amending the constitution should be up to the people, not judges.
“What’s at stake today in Iowa is rule by we the people or rule by unelected judges,” she said.