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Kim Laube spoke in defense of the resolution. Laube is the director of life ministries at Lutheran Family Services. "This amendment became necessary when a...

Isabelle Barrett said she spoke with her elderly grandma about the issue. She told her grandma's story about having to carry a dead baby...

Attorney Martin Cannon serves as senior litigation counsel at the Thomas More Society. He was the lawyer who defended the Heartbeat bill. He said flawed...

Jennifer Leatherby presented testimony in support of abortion. She said she woke up this morning and looked in the Iowa Constitution and read all...

Pastor A.J. Potter of Pleasantville Baptist Church gave outstanding testimony. "I'm an ordained minister and I'm apparently radical because I believe that in Jesus there...

In perhaps the most troubling testimony of the subcommittee, Debbie Griffin, senior "minister" of Downtown Disciples, blasted the amendment. "Attempting to deny the right to...

Assistant Pastor Josh Kent spoke in defense of life on Wednesday afternoon. Kent is the assistant pastor at First Baptist Church of Urbandale. Kent said...

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Maggie DeWitte of Iowans For Life, and spokesperson for the Iowa pro-life coalition, spoke in favor of SJR 9. The coalition, she said, is...

Jamie Burch Elliott spoke against SJR 9, the resolution that would add an amendment to the Iowa Constitution stating there is no right to...