Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers on Thursday approved a resolution that would amend the Iowa Constitution to declare there is no right to an abortion in the state.
The measure passed the Senate 32-18 along party lines with only Republican votes. It says in part "we the people of the state of Iowa declare that this Constitution shall not be construed to recognize, grant or secure a right to abortion or to require the public funding of abortion."
It must pass in the House and then pass in the legislature again in 2021 or 2022 before it would go to a statewide vote.
