Chuck Grassley

=== Abortion ===
Grassley has said that he considers himself [[pro-life]] and has expressed concern about the potential for abortions to be paid for with federal funds.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://globegazette.com/news/local/north-iowans-ask-grassley-questions-on-health-care-reform/article_08a1711c-3dbe-11df-84ab-001cc4c03286.html|title=North Iowans ask Grassley questions on health care reform|date=April 1, 2010|work=GlobeGazette.com|access-date=September 27, 2015|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115074021/http://globegazette.com/news/local/north-iowans-ask-grassley-questions-on-health-care-reform/article_08a1711c-3dbe-11df-84ab-001cc4c03286.html|archive-date=November 15, 2016}}</ref> In December 1981, he voted for a proposed constitutional amendment by [[Orrin Hatch]] that would allow both Congress and the states to ban or regulate abortion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/17/us/anti-abortion-bill-voted-4-0.html|title=Anti-Abortion Bill Voted, 4-0|date=December 17, 1981|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 26, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726201946/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/17/us/anti-abortion-bill-voted-4-0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, he co-sponsored reintroducing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|language=en|access-date=March 4, 2019|archive-date=May 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523182305/https://votesmart.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Grassley approved of the 2022 [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']], saying it empowered people through their elected representatives to make "commonsense policy decisions".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grassley |first1=Chuck |title="For many today's decision is about far more than correcting Roe it means that the rights of the unborn are no longer in jeopardy This ruling empowers the ppl thru their elected reps to make commonsense policy decisions It takes policymaking out of the hands of unelected judges" |url=https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1540343189781024768 |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>