Life Chain 2022

Mark your calendar for Life Chain 2023: October 1st

By Pulse Life Advocates | September 18, 2023

Life Chain 2023 takes place on Sunday, October 1st from 2PM to 3:30PM. For the second year in a row, the event takes place at 35th & University Avenue in Des Moines. But you’ll pick…

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the economy and abortion

Why the economy matters to the pro-life movement

By Pulse Life Advocates | September 15, 2023

Why do women have abortions? According to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute: money. Let’s face it, the economy and abortion are connected. According to their 2004 study: “The reasons most frequently cited were that having a…

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Melissa Ohden

DeSantis struck a chord

By Pulse Life Advocates | August 31, 2023

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis clearly struck a chord in last week’s Republican debate when he referenced an abortion survivor he knew. The Governor said: “I know a lady in Florida named Penny. She survived multiple…

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first Republican debate

What candidates said about abortion at the first Republican debate

By Pulse Life Advocates | August 24, 2023

Fox News hosted the first Republican debate last night, moderated by Bret Baier and Martha McCallum. Baier asked Ron DeSantis his views on the abortion issue. Here is how the Florida governor responded (above): Ron…

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Thanks to all of our volunteers

By Pulse Life Advocates | August 22, 2023

Pulse Life Advocates exhibits at the Iowa State Fair as a critical strategy in our pro-life educational outreach. We touch tens of thousands of people every year with life-affirming messages that matter. We couldn’t do…

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2023 Corn Poll

The votes have been tallied!

By Pulse Life Advocates | August 21, 2023

The 2023 Iowa State Fair has come to a steamy close. Our annual corn poll yielded some interesting results. Before we share them, many thanks to all the volunteers who helped Pulse Life Advocates man…

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Fifth Circuit Court nixes mail-order abortion pills

By Pulse Life Advocates | August 17, 2023

Some good pro-life news: The Fifth Circuit Court said yesterday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) erred when it allowed mail order abortion pills in 2016 and 2021. Let’s take a closer look.…

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Anti Catholic bigotry

Anti-Catholic bigotry is epidemic

By Pulse Life Advocates | August 16, 2023

America has worked hard to promote pluralism. We’ve been wildly successful. Yes, there have been setbacks. But our motto of e pluribus unum, “out of many, one,” has worked because our nation enshrined in our…

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global boiling

Global ‘boiling’ is bad for the planet’s sanity

By Pulse Life Advocates | August 3, 2023

For those not old enough to remember these things, climate scientists warned we were heading into another ice age back in 1971. Seriously. (See the video below from 1979.) By the 1990s, the story had…

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Josh Mandelbaum

Josh Mandelbaum runs for mayor of Des Moines on abortion platform

By Pulse Life Advocates | July 27, 2023

Des Moines mayoral candidate, Josh Mandelbaum, has made the expansion of abortion in Des Moines, Iowa, the centerpiece of his mayoral campaign. He’s fundraising on the issue with email letters like this: Dear [name], Last…

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