The second legislative 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…

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The risks of prescription-free birth control are real

prescription-free birth control

  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 before the legislature on our objections to the bill. Most Iowans are unaware of the…

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

over-the-counter contraception

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 Health Organization has classified combined hormonal contraception as a Group 1 carcinogen.  This is the…

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The case against the IVF bill

Access to Family Building Act

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 ruling that frozen embryos are children. Pulse Life Advocates opposes the bill, as does the…

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Abortion hurts women in a profound way

abortion hurts women

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 women and countless men, siblings, grandparents and other family members.  Abortion hurts women in a…

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Press release from Governor Reynolds

Abortion Recover Month

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 – Today, Governor Reynolds announced she will convene the General Assembly of Iowa on Tuesday, July…

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Iowa pro-life leaders react to IA Supreme Court decision

Iowa Supreme Court

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, at which point they can feel the pain of abortion. Despite the fact that Iowans…

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How to end abortion in the next election cycle

House Resolution 464

The author of Roe v Wade, Justice Harry Blackmun, never declared that abortion itself was a constitutional right. What he said was, “We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins … the judiciary at this point in the development of man’s knowledge is not in a position to speculate as to the…

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FDA Acknowledges Harm of Oral Contraceptives

FDA Acknowledges Harm of Oral Contraceptives While Its Own Panel of Advisors Push to Make Drug Available Without Prescription May 15, 2023 WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 10, a panel of advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously to make the birth-control drug, Opill, available to consumers over-the-counter in the United…

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