{"id":278953,"date":"2022-11-02T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=278953"},"modified":"2023-01-02T22:02:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T04:02:37","slug":"pro-life-groups-judge-injunction-iowa-heartbeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-groups-judge-injunction-iowa-heartbeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life groups ask judge to lift injunction on Iowa&#8217;s &#8216;heartbeat law&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In August 2022<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attorneys with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alliance Defending Freedom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ADF)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0filed a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/PP-v-Reynolds-2022-08-11-Brief-Support-Motion-To-Dissolve-Injunction.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the Polk County District Court on behalf of Governor Reynolds and the state of Iowa<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, arguing that due to the Iowa Supreme Court\u2019s June 2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/courtcases\/14891\/embed\/SupremeCourtOpinion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0reversing its 2018 opinion that found a \u201cconstitutional right to an abortion\u201d in Iowa, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/19-1392_6j37.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reversal of Roe v. Wade<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Planned Parenthood v. Casey<\/span>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the District Court should remove the injunction against Iowa&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/legislation\/BillBook?ba=SF%20359&amp;ga=87\">Fetal Heartbeat Law<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0allow the legislation to take effect. On October 28, ADF formally asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/iowa-courts\/district-court\/judicial-district-5\/judges-and-magistrates\/celene-gogerty\/\">Polk County District Court Judge Celene Gogerty<\/a>\u00a0to lift the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/2019\/01\/22\/iowa-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-law-struck-down-injunction-planned-parenthood-supreme-court-fetus\/2650491002\/\">2019 injunction<\/a> on the law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ADF is representing Governor Reynolds and the state because Iowa\u2019s long-time Attorney General Tom Miller has refused to defend the law because of his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2018\/07\/06\/iowa-attorney-general-tom-miller-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-ban-law-thomas-more-society\/697583002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pro-abortion views<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He failed to defend the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">law<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2018\/07\/06\/iowa-attorney-general-tom-miller-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-ban-law-thomas-more-society\/697583002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2018<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and again in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/08\/11\/kim-reynolds-asks-reinstate-fetal-heartbeat-iowa-abortion-law-without-roe-v-wade\/10297123002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and has faced no repercussions \u2014 not even a pay decrease \u2014 for his refusal to defend the law. In 2018, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2018\/05\/21\/thomas-more-society-abortion-ban-lawsuit-iowa-fetal-heartbeat-planned-parenthood-aclu-emma-goldman\/629352002\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas More Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> represented Governor Reynolds and the state; both the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowapublicradio.org\/ipr-news\/2018-05-21\/iowa-officials-approve-hiring-of-conservative-law-firm-to-defend-abortion-law\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas More Society<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/governor.iowa.gov\/press-release\/gov-reynolds-and-legislative-leaders-announce-legal-action-to-protect-life%C2%A0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alliance Defending Freedom<\/span><\/a>\u00a0have provided their services pro bono.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>URGENT:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/future-of-abortion\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=minibomb\"><b><i>For every dollar given, 34 more people can be reached with the truth about abortion. Will you join us in this life-saving work as a monthly donor today?<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ADF Attorney Christopher Schandevel <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2022\/10\/28\/iowa-abortion-law-fetal-heartbeat-planned-parenthood-kim-reynolds-governor\/69593544007\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Judge Gogerty, \u201cBecause now that there is no fundamental right to an abortion in the state of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/courtcases\/14891\/embed\/SupremeCourtOpinion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa&#8217;s Constitution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/19-1392_6j37.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Constitution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, now it is clear that strict scrutiny is no longer the test, and now that it&#8217;s clear that the viability line is no more, faithfully applying Iowa binding law requires the court to reach a different result.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the trial proceedings, Judge Gogerty asked the attorneys if she had the power to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2022\/10\/28\/judge-questions-her-own-authority-to-reinstate-iowa-abortion-ban\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reverse the injunction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cHow can a district court tell the Supreme Court? I don\u2019t have the authority to do that, do I?\u201d She wondered aloud whether or not a District Court Judge has the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2022\/10\/28\/iowa-abortion-law-fetal-heartbeat-planned-parenthood-kim-reynolds-governor\/69593544007\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jurisdiction to reverse the injunction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d or can determine a \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2022\/10\/28\/iowa-abortion-law-fetal-heartbeat-planned-parenthood-kim-reynolds-governor\/69593544007\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new legal standard<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d in Iowa to protect abortion. In closing, she announced she would release her decision by the end of two months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/legislation\/BillBook?ba=SF%20359&amp;ga=87\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">igned by pro-life Governor Kim Reynolds in 2018, protects preborn children after a heartbeat can be detected, at approximately six weeks into a pregnancy. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/legislation\/BillBook?ba=SF%20359&amp;ga=87\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">law<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> allows for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-across-americas-heartland-preborn-roe\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">several exceptions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACLU, Iowa\u2019s Planned Parenthood, and Emma Goldman Abortion Clinic in Iowa City<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> promptly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowapublicradio.org\/news\/2018-05-15\/planned-parenthood-aclu-sue-iowa-governor-over-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-law\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> June 1, 2018, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a few weeks after the bill&#8217;s signing, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polk County District Court Judge Michael Huppert issued an injunction, blocking enforcement of the lifesaving\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/legislation\/BillBook?ba=SF%20359&amp;ga=87\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">legislation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several months later, Judge Huppert <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/who13.com\/news\/iowa-judge-rules-fetal-heartbeat-law-unconstitutional\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ruled<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that there was &#8220;a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/iowa-governor-asks-judge-to-lift-injunction-against-abortion-law\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fundamental right to abortion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the state constitution and that abortion restrictions must meet the strict scrutiny standard\u201d based on the 2018 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/courtcases\/439\/embed\/SupremeCourtOpinion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa Supreme Court decision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that held a woman has \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowapublicradio.org\/health\/2018-06-29\/iowa-supreme-court-strikes-down-72-hour-abortion-waiting-period\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a fundamental right to an abortion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d The judge said the law \u201ccould not meet that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/iowa-governor-asks-judge-to-lift-injunction-against-abortion-law\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and permanently enjoined the state, disallowing the implementation of the l<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aw<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Governor Reynolds <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/judge-strikes-down-fetal-heartbeat-law-ruling-it-unconstitutional\/25998848\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">declined to appeal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his decision and the injunction still stands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the time of the bill&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passage, it was referred to as \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thomasmoresociety.org\/thomas-more-society-attorneys-defend-iowa-heartbeat-law-against-abortion-industry-challenge\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most stringent, comprehensive abortion ban in the nation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Since 2018, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-ohio-tennessee-0056dcfb4e5fe1590f07b5993c52078a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have passed similar legislation, with varying degrees of success. The laws have been implemented and are now saving countless lives in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-ohio-tennessee-0056dcfb4e5fe1590f07b5993c52078a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some states<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In others, the bills, signed into law, are mired in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-ohio-tennessee-0056dcfb4e5fe1590f07b5993c52078a\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">court challenges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite Attorney Schandevel pointing to both the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowacourts.gov\/courtcases\/14891\/embed\/SupremeCourtOpinion\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/21pdf\/19-1392_6j37.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Supreme Court<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rulings to overturn the long-touted \u201cconstitutional right to an abortion,\u201d the ACLU of Iowa&#8217;s legal director and Planned Parenthood attorney Rita Bettis Austen\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/crime-and-courts\/2022\/10\/28\/iowa-abortion-law-fetal-heartbeat-planned-parenthood-kim-reynolds-governor\/69593544007\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">argued<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the law<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cwas unconstitutional when it passed&#8221; and \u201cremains unconstitutional today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the reversal of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roe<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, abortion activists and the complicit mainstream media peddle the falsehood that laws like these criminalize women &#8211; imprisoning them for having an abortion. However, even the pro-abortion Associated Press had to admit that this is not true. Buried in the very last sentence of a lengthy article, their writer acknowledges that none of the heartbeat bills in the nation punish women who have an abortion. She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/abortion-us-supreme-court-health-ohio-tennessee-0056dcfb4e5fe1590f07b5993c52078a?fbclid=IwAR1XPWX4agN-r35efX0IBFdUE9orcR8uDgsljoC5GMYOyMNAW_PCJind-i0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrote<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0pregnant women \u201c&#8230; are not held liable under any of the laws.\u201d Pro-life laws frequently penalize an abortionist, but not women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-across-americas-heartland-preborn-roe?fbclid=IwAR3q3vzH4lNXeOkBSpNbPpQifp5Ym42sUtau2P97a4lysRdJ655eOHo4Z64\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abortion sanctuary state<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pregnant women allegedly travel to Iowa from as far as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/iowa-planned-parenthood-clinics-seeing-influx-of-patients-from-out-of-state-cedar-rapids\/40794403#:~:text=Planned%20Parenthood%20clinics%20in%20Iowa%20are%20seeing%20a,coming%20from%20neighboring%20states%20like%20Missouri%20and%20Nebraska.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texas and Louisiana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for abortions up to the 20th week of pregnancy. Iowa&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-across-americas-heartland-preborn-roe?fbclid=IwAR3q3vzH4lNXeOkBSpNbPpQifp5Ym42sUtau2P97a4lysRdJ655eOHo4Z64\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abortion sanctuary status<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would change if the judge, who is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowartl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2020-Judges-Standing-for-Retention.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not affiliated with a political party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, were to lift the injunction, allowing the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/legislation\/BillBook?ba=SF%20359&amp;ga=87\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pro-life protections<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0to stand.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If she does so, her decision will save many lives from abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a 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