The Governor has called a special session for Tuesday, July 11 to pass a heartbeat bill to protect the unborn. Please forward the call to action below to your group members and pro-life contacts! This information can also be found on our website.
CALL TO ACTION: Heartbeat Bill Special Session
Scheduled for subcommittee/committee/floor debate on 7/11/2023
Link to read the bill.
ACTION NEEDED – Choose one or all!
1. Email the members of the legislature to let them know in the body of the
email that you SUPPORT the heartbeat bill. Personal stories on the impact this
bill would have or would have had are helpful. Keep your email short and to the
point.
Subject line: Support the heartbeat bill
[email protected]
[email protected]
2. Make public comment in support here:
3. Attend the subcommittee/committee/floor meeting. You can attend the House
Public Hearing in person in Room #103 at the Iowa State Capitol from 9:30-11 AM
or you can watch online.
You can attend the Senate subcommittee of the whole at 11:00 AM most likely in
Room 116.
**Floor debate/vote will commence following the House Hearing and Senate
Subcommittee of the Whole in the House and Senate chambers.
4. Speak at the subcommittee meeting. Sign up to speak at the House public
hearing.
*Speakers are limited to 2 minutes and the hearing will end at 11:00.
For the Senate subcommittee of the whole Speakers must be in attendance and
they will listen to as many testimonies as they have allotted time for.
BILL DETAILS:
-protects life as soon as a heartbeat is detected via abdominal ultrasound.
-Does contain multiple exceptions such as abortion can be performed if the woman is raped, experienced incest, her life is at risk, or miscarriage.
-Please make it known that while you support this bill, this bill does not go far enough to protect life. Abdominal ultrasound will likely not detect a heartbeat until 8-10 weeks pregnant. Life begins at conception, thus it should be protected from conception on.
