A Bill to recognise unborn life from the moment of conception has passed a key Senate stage in the US state of Iowa. The ‘personhood’ Bill recognising the unborn as human beings was passed by a Senate sub-committee, moving it on for further consideration before a final vote at state level. The document has the support of 20 Republican members of the Iowa Senate, and will need 26 votes to pass. Supporters of the measure from other states travelled to Iowa for the sub-committee’s announcement, with one, Rebecca Keissling, an attorney from Michigan, stating that the Bill provides an “excellent strategy” to overturn the “Roe v Wade” decision that legalised abortion nationwide. Pro-abortion advocates are threatening to launch a legal action against the Bill should it ultimately become law.