Iowa Gov. Reynolds defends signing ban on aborting babies with beating hearts
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DES MOINES, Iowa, May 9, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) -- On Tuesday, Pro-life Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds defended her decision to sign legislation banning abortion once a heartbeat can be detected, despite fierce condemnation from abortion advocates.
“I think that I have made it very clear that I am pro-life and, as a governor, I would do everything that I could to protect the life of the unborn,” Reynolds said at a press conference in response to a question about potential economic boycotts of the state, the Des Moines Register reports.........
..........“This law, if signed, I believe could very well be the very bill that overturns Roe v. Wade,” Republican Sen. Jake Chapman said. U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-IA, the lead sponsor of federal heartbeat legislation, has argued that the time is now to enact such laws, anticipating that President Donald Trump will have nominated at least one additional pro-life justice by the time the case reaches the Supreme Court...........
