Iowa’s GOP-controlled legislature is convening for a special session on abortion Tuesday — and Republicans are racing to pass by the end of the day a law banning most abortions at roughly six weeks.
On the other side, antiabortion groups say they’re hopeful the Republican-dominated legislature will quickly pass the new restrictions — and that the courts will allow the ban to stand.The language is almost identical and includes exceptions similar to those in theThere are some small changes. One is a wording change in the section that describes the exceptions to the ban. The 2018 bill used the word “medically necessary” to describe some of the exemptions.
The other difference is the speed at which the ban would be implemented: In 2018, the legislature passed the ban in May, and it was to go into effect on July 1, giving the Iowa Board of Medicine some time to spell out specific rules for how the ban would be enforced. This time, the legislation would go into effect as soon as the governor signs it.
The 2018 ban was struck down. So why are Iowa Republicans trying to pass essentially the same law again? They see an opening, and here’s why. A state judge ruled the 2018 ban unconstitutional — and the state did not challenge that ruling. But after the Supreme Court overturnedlast year, Reynolds asked a district court to reinstate the law. After the district court declined to do so, the governor appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court — and last month it issued a 3-to-3 decision on the matter, which meant the law could not go into effect.
, a wave of bans in conservative states kicked in. In others, injunctions were quickly lifted on bills deemed unenforceable before the nation’s highest court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion.Its 2018 ban hasn’t gone into effect, to the frustration of Republicans and antiabortion advocates.
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