Round One: David vs. Goliath
You did it! Your voice was heard at the state capital, and your prayers were answered; we won the vote on HR 418! Iowa’s code now agrees with previous Iowa laws (no men in women’s sports). A huge majority of House Republicans voted to protect women, and every Senate Republican voted for the bill. Every Democrat voted against the bill and implemented fearful tactics to manipulate vulnerable people into hysteria.
An estimated two thousand five hundred protestors outnumbered us, but God was present! The photo to the left captures the huge crowd chanting while the hearing was ongoing.
The Iowa code will be restored to the 2006 language before the words “gender identity” were added as a special class. The law, signed by Gov. Reynolds on Friday, takes effect July 1.
PLEASE PRAY: Join us as we praise the Lord for this great victory! We give thanks that everyone will now be protected under the same civil rights and by our unalienable rights endowed by our Creator.
Funnel Week
This is “funnel” week in the Iowa Legislature. Any bill not passed through both the subcommittee and full committee is “dead” by March 7. Committee meetings are scheduled less than 24 hours in advance, and social media will be the quickest way to provide alerts. Because things are rushing through the statehouse this session, we advise you to regularly check our CWA of Iowa Facebook page for updates.
Round Two: Article V or Convention of States
This week’s focus is on three bills concerning an Article V Convention. Some have passed through sub-or-full committees, but ALL need to be stopped before the March 7 deadline.
Our Constitution isn’t the problem; it is the solution. It is our best protection when it is followed. Any call for an Article V Convention is dangerous in opening our Constitution to changes without the safeguards of the legislative method—a method used since 1787 to pass ALL 27 existing Amendments to our Constitution.
Could our Constitution be at risk of being rewritten or replaced? A Convention of States would not just amend our Constitution; it could end our Constitution and, thus, our stability, structure, and sovereignty. See additional information below.
Here are the two bills and one resolution that CWA of Iowa is opposing:
- SF 350– No State Government Committee date set
- HF 438(Renamed HF 654) – Made it through sub and full committee
- SJR 2 – Subcommittee passed January 30; no committee date set
TAKE ACTION: Please get in touch with your Senators and Representatives on this critical issue and respectfully make your voices heard regarding the importance of protecting our Constitution. Ask them to vote NO on each of the three bills. Ask them to OPPOSE any bills, resolutions, or proposals that put our Constitution at risk of being rewritten. Be sure to inform them that you are being updated on this issue by Concerned Women for America of Iowa.
Click here to find and contact your legislator. We recommend phoning both the House (515-281-3221) and Senate (515-281-3371) switchboards as thousands of emails are sent daily to legislators
PLEASE PRAY: Join us in prayer for the protection of our beloved Constitution. Pray Iowans will rise in number against this attack on our Constitution. Pray for wisdom and courage for our legislators to do what is right.
More Dangers of a Convention of the States
- In a 2024 Iowa House Hearing, a high-dollar, out-of-state lobbyist testified that he hoped to normalize conventions and amend the U.S. Constitution every five years.
- Another paid lobbyist told the American Legislative Exchange Council that he’d like to use the Convention process to expand the Supreme Court to FIFTY Justices like the European Court.
- Gavin Newsom (D-California) wants to call for an Article V Convention to adopt a 28th Amendment that would upend the Second Amendment.
- A pro Article V Convention political action group’s staff attorney admitted their goal is to open Articles I, II, III, and V! We now know the plan is to change all three branches of government, the amendment and the ratification process.
- Would delegate apportionment be “one state, one vote,” or according to the Electoral College model, giving some states very few delegates?
- Once a Convention of the States is summoned, delegates are sovereign representatives of the people, not of the state legislatures. Delegates can set their own rules or propose a new constitution with a new ratification mode as was done in 1787.
- Who would select delegates? Would they represent your views?
Helpful resources:
- The Constitution is the Solution, a video put out by the John Birch Society.
- The Constitution is NOT the Problem!, a brochure published by CWA of Iowa.