Iowa's Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the night. Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said in a statement she would sign Friday.
after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the night. Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said in a statement she would sign Friday.
Reynolds ordered the rare session after the state Supreme Court declined in June to reinstate a practically identical law that she signed in 2018. Preparations were already underway to quickly file legal challenges in court and get the measure blocked, once Reynolds signs it into law. There are limited circumstances under the measure that would allow for abortion after that point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected - such as rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality "incompatible with life;" and if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman.
"Just because a person has the ability to become pregnant does not mean they should be forced to become a mother," she said. "The people before me want to govern women's bodies without understanding how they work."Laws such as Iowa's ban abortion when a " fetal heartbeat " can be detected, a concept that does not easily translate to medical science.
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