Reynolds: Late-term abortion legislation 'unconscionable'

JOHNSTON — Appalled at legislation in other states that allows third-trimester abortions up until the time of birth, Gov. Kim Reynolds forcefully supports efforts to amend the Iowa Constitution to make clear it does not guarantee a right to an abortion.

“Let’s just say I continue to be appalled by what I see playing out across this country,” Reynolds said Friday during a taping of Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press.” “When you see what is happening in New York and Virginia, and other states are looking at late-term abortion — aborting a baby that is in the birth canal, infanticide after a baby is born, talking about potentially murdering it — that is unconscionable, it’s evil, and I think that is what is driving some of the response that you’re seeing.”

The response moving through the Iowa Legislature is Senate Joint Resolution 9, sponsored by 29 Republicans, to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot declaring there is no right to abortion in Iowa.

In Iowa, the governor doesn’t play an official role in resolutions calling for constitutional amendments, but Reynolds said she believes it’s important to put the issue on the ballot and make the case to voters to change the Iowa Constitution.

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