Miller Meeks Can’t Run From Her Anti Abortion Record

As Iowa's near-total abortion ban with "impractical" and "inadequate" exceptions took effect this week and ripped reproductive freedom away from women, Mariannette Miller-Meeks tried to cover up her dangerous anti-abortion record - and failed miserably.

No matter what she tells Iowans, they know that Miller-Meeks has a clear pattern of attacking abortion access, contraception, and IVF.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
"Iowans can see right through Mariannette Miller-Meeks' attempts to rewrite history. She has undeniably threatened women's reproductive freedom, including laying the groundwork for Iowa's near-total abortion ban that bans abortion before most women even know they're pregnant."

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• Iowa Democratic congressional candidate Christina Bohannan said she never imagined her daughter "would have fewer rights than I did, but that's what's happened."

• "We are now facing a different, devastating and dangerous reality in Iowa," Bohannan said during a news conference Monday in Iowa City. "As we have seen in other states with extreme abortion bans like this one, women's lives, health and fertility will be put at risk when we can't get the medical care we need."

• Bohannan criticized Miller-Meeks for co-sponsoring a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother.

• "As Iowa women lose their reproductive freedom today, Rep. Miller-Meeks is watching her agenda become reality," Bohannan said.

• Miller-Meeks, in an email statement, contends Bohannan "is blatantly misrepresenting my record." Miller-Meeks has said she supports a national 15-week ban on abortion with exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. The GOP incumbent also has sought to emphasize her support for fertility treatments while also maintaining that life begins at conception.

• Miller-Meeks co-sponsored the Life At Conception Act in the 2021-22 Congress, which states life begins at fertilization and would criminalize abortion…It has no exceptions for rape, incest or the woman's life, and does not spell out protections for fertility treatments.

• She co-sponsored a non-binding resolution that "strongly supports the access to and use of IVF treatments across the United States" - but it did not offer any legal protections for patients or providers.

• Miller-Meeks also supported a constitutional amendment while in the Iowa Senate "to protect life" by declaring there is no right to abortion in Iowa.