

“Life and death are determined by a person’s heartbeat, and I believe that includes our unborn children. As long as I’m Governor, I will stand up for the sanctity of life and fight to protect the precious and innocent unborn lives.” Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe has given us a new hope and pathway forward to challenge the Iowa court’s previous decision,” said Gov. The Institute is named for a feminist physician known for her commitment to the sanctity of human life and equal career and educational opportunities for women.Today Governor Kim Reynolds, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom and Iowa attorney Alan Ostergren, has filed a motion requesting the district court to lift the injunction of Iowa’s fetal heartbeat bill.


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Between conception and birth the baby’s heart will beat approximately 54 million times. The heart is actively beating at 6 weeks.The peer-reviewed science on babies at 6 weeks’ gestation includes: Later this month, CLI will unveil a new educational website detailing what science says about unborn babies at each week of prenatal development. With more than 60 credentialed scientists, scholars, practicing physicians, statisticians, and other academics, Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) has been studying, analyzing, and cataloguing the science of life for 10 years. In fact, at 6 weeks’ gestation, the baby’s heart rate is about 110 beats per minute, which can be easily detected by ultrasound.” “A preborn baby’s heart is actively beating at 6 weeks and will have already beat nearly 16 million times by 15 weeks. Tara Sander Lee, senior fellow and director of life sciences at the nonprofit Charlotte Lozier Institute. “While some people falsely claim that a preborn baby at 6 weeks’ gestation is just a clump of cells, science demonstrates the baby is already a complex human being,” said Dr. – With a national debate raging over the new Texas law which protects life from the first heartbeat, what does science say about unborn babies at 6 weeks’ gestation? Following the Science on Texas Heartbeat Act
