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Stay on the pro-life pulse with Pulse Life Advocates

Founded in 1972, Pulse Life Advocates is the longest-standing, original non-profit, pro-life organization in Iowa. We're dedicated to informing, educating, and inspiring a new generation to value the sanctity of all human life from fertilization to natural death. Our executive director, Maggie DeWitte, is the spokesperson for the Iowa Coalition of Pro-Life Leaders.

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Battling the Culture of Death ... One Heart and Mind at a Time.

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Changing the Culture - One Heart at a Time

Our mandate is to defend the right to life from fertilization until natural death.

The battle against the throw away culture of death is being won and hearts and minds are changing. The pro-life movement continues to grow as more young people are flocking to the movement. But there is more work yet to be done to protect the sanctity of all human life.

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I only have eyes for you

Greatest Love Songs Ever: #12 “I Only Have Eyes For You”

November 21, 2025

By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates “My love must be a kind of blind love, I can’t see anyone but you.” These two lines launch the viewer on…

tensions within pro-life movement

Tensions within the pro-life movement

November 17, 2025

The rightwing of the pro-life movement demands abolition of abortion without compromise. The leftwing demands a “consistent ethic of life” which considers abortion the moral equivalent of other social justice issues, including immigration, welfare, capital punishment, and war. Pulse Life Advocates and allies in the Iowa pro-life movement pursue a middle ground.

Let's fall in love

Greatest Love Songs Ever: #13 “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”

November 14, 2025

By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates Out of all the songs on this list of the 52 Greatest Love Songs Ever, Cole Porter’s “I’ve Got You Under My…

“You are the temple of God”

November 11, 2025

Last Sunday’s readings at Mass seems particularly relevant when interpreted from a pro-life perspective. St. Paul writes (1 Corinthians 2:9c-11, 16-17): “Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”

National March For Life

Every year we take students and adults by bus on a pilgrimage to the March for Life in Washington D.C. This is truly a life changing event!

Iowa March for Life

Iowans have the courage to stand up publicly for our beliefs. That is why the Iowa March is such a success and continues to grow.

Pro-Life Leaders

We are a proud founding member of the Coalition of Pro-Life Leaders in Iowa

Crisis Pregnancy Help

Are you experiencing an unplanned pregnancy? You are not alone. There are loving and supportive organizations throughout the state just waiting to help you with whatever you need. Reach out and get the support you need today..

Iowa's leading pro-life organization since 1972

The Pro-life Blogger

This book follows the progression of the pro-life movement in Iowa and across the country and features pro-life successes and setbacks over the dramatic sweep of the last seven years.

It offers human stories, faith insights, political maneuverings, and cultural clashes impacting life issues.

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Women have been lied to. Get the true information on contraception and family planning. Download our free booklet with scientific research of these important issues.

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