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Pulse Life Advocates has been a leader in bringing forth pro-life legislation at the Iowa State Capitol.  In fact, most of the early pro-life legislation can be credited to this organization.  We are advocating for legislation during the session and providing education to our representatives to pass bills that will protect life.

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Legislation

Roe Decision
  • June 24, in Dobbs v. Jackson we overturned federal abortion law.
  • Abortion law goes back to the state.
  • Two dozen states have trigger bills, so they have outlawed abortion, Iowa unfortunately is not one of those states.

>READ THE RULING

>PULSE RESPONSE TO THE RULING

24 Hour Bill
2023 Iowa Initiatives & Concerns
Mail Order Abortion Pills
Current Threats to Life
Abortion Pill Ruling

Session Updates

2024 Second Funnel

The second legislative funnel passed this last week, and several pro-life bills made it through the committee process.  Through the next several weeks, these bills will be placed on the calendar for debate in the House and Senate.  Here is a list of the bills that survived the funnel that Pulse registered in support:

  • SF 2251 Expands Medicaid Coverage for One Year Post-Partum – passed Senate floor
  • HF2583 Expands Medicaid Coverage for One Year Post-Partum
  • SF 2252 MOMS (More Options for Maternal Support) Program- passed Senate floor
  • HF 2267 MOMS (More Options for Maternal Support) Program
  • HF 2276 Requires Zoning of Maternity Homes as Residential Property
  • HF 2617 Human Growth & Development to Include Life in the Womb

There was one bill that also survived the first funnel that Pulse was registered against:

  • HF 2584 Over-the-Counter Birth Control Without a Prescription, but this bill did NOT survive the second funnel and is therefore dead for this legislative session.
2024 First Funnel
2023 End of Session
2023 Second Funnel
2023 First Funnel
2022 End of Session
2022 Second Funnel
2022 Update
2020 Recap

LEGISLATION BLOG POSTS

The second legislative funnel…

By Pulse Life Advocates | March 18, 2024

The second legislative funnel passed this last week, and several pro-life bills made it through the committee process.  Through the next several weeks, these bills will be placed on the calendar for debate in the House and Senate.  Here is…

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The risks of prescription-free birth control are real

By Pulse Life Advocates | March 11, 2024

  A poll conducted by the Des Moines Register shows that 79% of Iowans support Governor Kim Reynold’s proposal to make prescription-free birth control available to women over the age of eighteen. Pulse Life Advocate’s executive director, Maggie DeWitte, testified…

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Maggie DeWitte’s testimony on oral contraception at the state house

By Pulse Life Advocates | March 4, 2024

Pulse Life Advocates opposes a pending bill (HSB 642) before the Iowa legislature that would allow oral contraception to be sold over-the-counter without a prescription. Here Pulse Executive Director, Maggie DeWitte’s, testimony: *** 1. Oral contraception is dangerous.  The World…

Access to Family Building Act

The case against the IVF bill

By Pulse Life Advocates | February 28, 2024

Congress introduced a new bill, the “Access to Family Building Act,” with the goal “to prohibit the limitation of access to assisted reproductive technology, and all medical care surrounding such technology.” It is a response to the Alabama Supreme Court’s…

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Abortion hurts women in a profound way

By Pulse Life Advocates | February 15, 2024

By Maggie DeWitte, Executive Director Pulse Life Advocates Since Roe v. Wade, abortion has taken the lives of over 65 million of our preborn brothers and sisters.  But also, in the wake of that tragedy, it has wounded 65 million…

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Opinion: Iowans are pro-life, and today was a long time coming

By Pulse Life Advocates | July 21, 2023

Women do not need abortion. It does not empower them. It does not give them equality with men. It hurts them and causes lifelong pain. And the answer to our social problems is not to kill the child. By MAGGIE…

Abortion Recover Month

Press release from Governor Reynolds

By Pulse Life Advocates | July 6, 2023

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR   Governor Kim Reynolds ★ Lt. Governor Adam Gregg      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, July 5, 2023   CONTACT: Kollin Crompton, (515) 745-2840,  Kollin.Crompton@Governor.Iowa.gov     Gov. Reynolds Calls Special Session to Enact Pro-life Legislation      DES MOINES –…

Iowa Supreme Court

Iowa pro-life leaders react to IA Supreme Court decision

By Pulse Life Advocates | June 16, 2023

In a 3 to 3 split decision, the Iowa Supreme Court allowed the permanent injunction against the Heartbeat Bill to stand. Translation: unborn Iowa children have no legal protections from Iowa abortionists until they reach 20 weeks in the womb,…

Abortion Recover Month

Governor Reynolds responds to the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision today

By Pulse Life Advocates | June 16, 2023

  OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR   Governor Kim Reynolds ★ Lt. Governor Adam Gregg      FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 16, 2023   CONTACT: Kollin Crompton, (515) 745-2840,  Kollin.Crompton@Governor.Iowa.gov     Gov. Reynolds, Republican Leadership Respond to   Iowa Supreme Court’s Opinion on…

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2023 Prayer Rally at the Iowa Capital in Des Moines, Iowa