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Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that bans all abortions after six weeks, from the time a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
“I believe that all innocent life is precious and sacred, and as governor, I pledged to do everything in my power to protect it,” the Republican governor said. “That is what I am doing today.”
The law becomes the most restrictive abortion measure in the country.
Extra security was called in at the Iowa Capitol as Reynolds invited supporters of the legislation into her office as she signed the bill into law, reports the Des Moines Register.
The law goes into effect July 1. It requires physicians to perform an ultrasound test for a fetal heartbeat on any woman seeking an abortion, and bars abortion if a heartbeat is detected.
Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) celebrated the new law on Twitter:
Heartbeat Protection Act is signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds! The most protective antiabortionist law in the nation. Our babies lives are too precious to stop their beating hearts. pgj.cc/6bhIVf
Reynolds said she anticipated that lawsuits would be filed to stop the law from going into effect.
“I understand and anticipate that this will likely be challenged in court, and that courts may even put a hold on the law until it reaches the Supreme Court,” she said. “However, this is bigger than just a law. This is about life. I am not going to back down from who I am or what I believe in.”
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Friday they would file a lawsuit to stop the law from becoming effective:
Shame on Gov. @KimReynoldsIA for signing this EXTREME and DANGEROUS abortion ban. Planned Parenthood's doors stay open, no matter what. #StopTheBans
BREAKING: Iowa's governor just signed one of the most extreme abortion restrictions in the entire country, banning nearly all abortions in the state.
We will be suing with @PPact to block the law from taking effect.
“It’s shameful that when Planned Parenthood heard lawmakers were introducing legislation to ban abortion, we were outraged — but we weren’t surprised,” said Suzanna de Baca, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, reports the Register. “But I think many of us still never expected that Governor Reynolds would so swiftly jump to sign a bill that is so clearly unconstitutional.”
Jeanne Mancini, President of March for Life applauded Reynolds and said the law “will not only save lives,” but also “reminds us that abortion stops a beating heart.”
“We thank Iowa for recognizing that every life is a gift and that personhood has inherent dignity from the moment of conception,” Mancini added.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD: America’s baby murdering factories…. Your
tax dollars at work
“I Cut the Vocal Cord So The Baby Can't Scream.”
Dr. Leah Torres, an OB/GYN in Salt Lake City, Utah, said that
when she performs certain abortions she cuts the vocal cord of the baby so
"there's really no opportunity" for the child to scream. She also
described herself as a "uterus ripper outer" because she performs
hysterectomies.
CALIFORNIA
HANDS BILLIONS IN WELFARE TO INVADE AND BREED ANCHOR BABIES… LA RAZA WILL
DOULBE U.S. POPULATION…. and yet…..
Planned Parenthood executives and
supporters were on Capitol Hill this week lobbying lawmakers to protect the
millions of dollars the nation’s largest abortion provider gets from taxpayers
every year and to announce nationwide “speak-outs” during the upcoming
congressional recesses.
Abortionist Pleads Guilty to Felony Negligent Homicide in Botched Abortion
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An abortionist accepted a plea bargain Friday, admitting his guilt to Felony Negligent Homicide in the case of a botched abortion he performed in 2016 that led his patient to bleed to death.
Robert Rho of Lake Success, New York accepted a previously offered plea bargain and admitted his guilt, reports Operation Rescue, just moments before a Queens, New York jury would have announced its verdict in a three-week trial that centered on the death of Jamie Lee Morales, 30, who had sought a second trimester abortion.
Rho, 53, had been charged with manslaughter in the death of Morales. He had closed his clinic and surrendered his medical license following Morales’s death, but had been investigated before by state officials due to concerns about improper procedures and poorly trained staff.
As ABC News reports, Assistant District Attorney Brad Leventhal said Rho’s errors during the abortion procedure were beyond civil malpractice.
According to the report:
During the operation, Rho severed Morales’ uterine aorta, ripped her cervix and pierced her uterine wall. Profuse post-operative bleeding forced the doctor to perform another procedure, but that did not fix the damage, prosecutors said.Rather than call an ambulance, prosecutors said, Rho sent Morales home with her sister, despite signs she was in grave condition, because he wanted to get back to seeing other patients.
Morales became unconscious while driving home with her sister. Following a 911 call, emergency responders took her to a hospital, where she later died.
“It’s about greed and arrogance,” Leventhal said. “Jaime Morales bled to death because this defendant did nothing.”
According to Operation Rescue, the plea agreement Rho was offered required him to admit his guilt in court. The report continues:
At first, he simply stated that he had lacerated the victim’s cervix, repaired in twice, then sent her home where she died unexpectedly.That statement was insufficient to meet the terms of a confession.Finally, under questioning from his defense attorney Jeff Lichtman, Rho admitted through clenched teeth that he killed Morales.
Rho is scheduled to surrender into custody on July 26 and can be sentenced to between 16 months and four years in prison.
Catherine Glenn Foster, President and CEO of Americans United for Life—the legal arm of the pro-life movement—said in a statement in response to the news of Rho’s decision to plead guilty:
While nothing will bring their daughter back, Americans United for Life is pleased that the family of Jamie Lee Morales received some measure of justice today when abortionist Robert Rho pled guilty to Felony Negligent Homicide in her death, moments before the jury would have announced their verdict. Robert Rho is not an anomaly, however; the truth is that the type of behavior described in the Rho trial—not following best medical practices, using untrained staff, failing to properly monitor vital signs, not maintaining a sterile environment, etc.—are all very common in abortion clinics across America.
“AUL’s groundbreaking Unsafe Report sought to shed a light on these dangerous practices, but in New York, where inspections are uncommon and regulations practically non-existent, abortionists are not exposed until someone has died,” Foster added. “True justice for Jamie would be ensuring that no other woman is exposed to these dangerous practices.”
President of Operation Rescue Troy Newman commented on the media blackout about the case.
“When a woman dies from a negligent abortion, it simply doesn’t fit the mainstream media’s pro-abortion agenda,” he noted. “It’s better for them to ignore it and act like it never happened. In a way, the media bears some responsibility for cases like this because they refuse to report on the true dangers of abortion.”
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