The quick action of Texas AG Ken Paxton's office resulted in the immediate blocking of the exemption order while the state Supreme Court reviews the appeal, thereby upholding Texas’ pro-life protections.
'The Iowa Supreme Court questioned whether this legislature would pass the same law they did in 2018, and today they have a clear answer,' Reynolds said.
'In conversations we’ve had with our birth mothers, some have indicated that had they had an ability to get an abortion, they at least would have considered it,' Gladney Center for Adoption CEO Mark Melson said.
'Though the amendments do not resolve all our concerns, the changes to HB 2002 retain protections for parents and children–born and unborn–that would have been removed. I hope this is the beginning of Oregon’s political leaders walking toward more protections for unborn Oregonians.'
Abortion is almost completely banned in West Virginia, Texas, South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Idaho, Arkansas, and Alabama.