Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice: There is No Right to Kill Babies in Abortions

In a major pro-life victory, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled 4-3 last week that the state’s “heartbeat law” is constitutional and dissolved a lower court’s injunction blocking the abortion ban so the state can start protecting babies. The law (House File 732) protects unborn babies from abortion after a heartbeat can be detected, at approximately six weeks of pregnancy.

In Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds, the Court’s majority reiterated its 2022 finding that there is “no fundamental...