Randy Feenstra in IA legislative records

On Abortion: Voted YES on making abortion illegal at 20 weeks

Des Moines Register analysis, 3/22/17: SF471 says any person who intentionally terminates a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks post-fertilization commits a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The bill allows exceptions to preserve the life of the mother or the fetus, or to avert a "serious risk" to the pregnant woman of "substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a bodily function." It also allows exceptions for fetal abnormalities where a child could not survive outside the womb. "Putting these criminal penalties on here puts a woman's life at risk immediately, because trying to save a woman's life now potentially makes a doctor a criminal," said Rep. Beth Woessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames.

Legislative Outcome: Passed House 55-43-3 on 4/5/17; Passed Senate 30-20-0 on 4/20; State Sen. Feenstra voted YES; Signed by Gov. Branstad on 5/5.

On Crime: Helped pass bill to crack down on police violence