Earlier this month Family Council joined 32 other pro-life public policy organizations defending an Iowa law before the state’s supreme court and arguing that unborn children are protected by the fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
In July, Iowa’s general assembly passed a law generally prohibiting abortion if the unborn baby has a detectable heartbeat.
Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit challenging the heartbeat law, and a county district court blocked the State of Iowa from enforcing it. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird appealed that lower court’s bad decision to the Iowa Supreme Court on November 8.
On November 15, Family Council joined 32 other pro-life, pro-family organizations filing an amicus brief in the case.
The brief argues that an unborn child in the mother’s womb is a “person” under the Fourteenth Amendment — which means the child is entitled to equal protection under the law.
We believe Iowa’s pro-life law is constitutional, and we trust the Iowa Supreme Court to uphold it. However, even if Iowa loses in state court, this case — and the amicus briefs filed in it — could set the stage for future pro-life victories in Iowa and elsewhere around the country. That’s something to look forward to.
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