Sinta Jimenez, Director of Digital Strategy for SBA Pro-Life America, sits down in Iowa with Austin Stubbs, Iowa campaign manager, on The Pro-Life American Podcast.

Austin talks about what it will take to get Republicans to come out and vote party line in the midterms: making sure voters know this is an essential and consequential election, that it is not one to take off, and that people show up and make their voice heard on November 3rd.

They also cover friction points in mobilizing the base, including frustration over cost of living, affordability, and foreign policy, and the need to stay connected on core values that differ from the other party and the other candidates on the ballot.

Cinta asks whether Iowans know that abortions are up in America and whether they are aware of the abortion drug crisis. Austin says a large percent, probably a majority, still think abortions are on the decline because of Iowa's legislation and policies. He says that is not the case, that the abortion industry pivoted, and that 60% is done via abortion drugs.

Out in the counties, Austin describes shock when Iowans hear about mail-order abortion drugs, coercion, abortion drugs slipped into food or water, and human remains found in the water filtration system. He says another astonished reaction comes when people hear that 10 states plus DC have no limits on abortion, and that the United States is one of six or seven countries in the world, including communist China, to allow this.

This week we go straight to the heartland. SBA Pro-Life America's Iowa campaign manager Austin Stubbs sits down on-site with Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, for a conversation about how Iowa's faith-driven pro-life movement wins political victories.

Bob shares the personal story behind his commitment to life — his son Lucas, born with severe disabilities and given days to live, who "delivered the greatest sermon without ever saying a word" over 28 years. From there, the two dig into why abortions have climbed past 1.1 million a year even after Roe v. Wade was overturned, and how mail-order abortion drugs that "don't know a zip code" are defying state protections like Iowa's heartbeat law. Bob lays out the common-sense safeguards every leader should support: doctor-prescribed only, full disclosure of complications, reversal offered alongside abortion drugs, and respect for state laws.

They also cover the 2026 midterms — including SBA's endorsement of Zach Lahn for governor and the stark contrast with Rob Sand, who says life begins at "first breath" — plus Ashley Hinson, Zach Nunn, and why turnout is everything in a tough year. Bob explains The Family Leader's Church-State Partnership, why Iowa's caucus role matters for picking a true pro-life president in 2028, the case for national minimum protections, defunding Planned Parenthood, and how the church can come alongside women facing crisis pregnancies and those healing after abortion.

Chapters

• 00:00 – Intro: On-Site in Iowa with Austin Stubbs and Bob Vander Plaats
• 00:50 – How Bob Became Pro-Life: Darla, Sioux City, and Lucas
• 02:38 – Life as The Family Leader's Cornerstone
• 03:31 – Why Abortions Rose After Roe: Mail-Order Abortion Drugs
• 05:41 – Fighting Abortion Drugs with Common-Sense Safeguards
• 08:24 – Zach Lahn vs. Rob Sand: A Stark Contrast for Governor
• 09:43 – 2026 Races, Headwinds, and Turnout
• 11:46 – The Church-State Partnership
• 13:46 – Looking to 2028: Iowa's Caucus and Federal Limits
• 17:00 – Abortion Drugs Crossing State Lines
• 18:31 – One State Away from Minnesota: Abortion on Demand
• 19:40 – Defunding Planned Parenthood
• 20:58 – Hope for the Grassroots: Take the Win
• 22:05 – Supporting Women and Post-Abortion Healing
• 23:27 – Closing: Iowa Sets the Tone for 2026 and 2028
• 25:10 – Wrap-Up and Outro

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The Hyde Amendment turns 50 this month. On paper it's a small line in the HHS funding bill that has to be renewed every year. In practice, Charlotte Lozier Institute estimates it has saved 2,678,274 lives since 1976.

Sinta Jimenez, SBA Pro-Life America's Director of Digital Strategy, sits down in Washington with Jamie Dangers, our Director of Federal Affairs, to walk through what Hyde actually does — and what it doesn't. They take on the biggest myth about the amendment (that it stops all federal funding of abortion), explain how the Democrats deliberately wrote Obamacare to bypass Hyde, and revisit the 2009 fight when pro-life Democrats nearly sank the law before settling for an "accounting gimmick" that was never honored.

Jamie also breaks down the GAO report confirming that more than 1,700 Obamacare plans in 18 states plus DC subsidize abortion coverage, the Biden administration's attempt to narrow Hyde to cover only the lethal act itself, and the status of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act — the bill that would apply Hyde across the entire federal government and make it permanent.

With the midterms weeks away and Hakeem Jeffries promising to restore the expired Obamacare subsidies, the two close on what's really at stake: a Democrat Party that no longer supports Hyde at all, and a push for abortion up to birth, paid for by you.

In this episode:

• 00:30 — Why Hyde matters: 2.68 million lives saved
• 02:37 — Myth: "Hyde means no federal funding of abortion"
• 06:42 — How Obamacare bypassed Hyde: the 2009 fight
• 10:04 — The subsidy fight and the GAO report
• 13:25 — The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
• 14:46 — How the Biden administration tried to narrow Hyde
• 17:56 — Where Hyde came from: Roe, Henry Hyde, and 1980
• 19:27 — Abortion isn't health care: Hyde as a compromise
• 22:00 — The human cost: a vote against the future
• 25:08 — Expired Obamacare tax credits and the 60-vote math
• 27:13 — What's at stake in the midterms

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