On Tuesday, Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature raced to take up a bill that would ban most abortions after about six weeks.
Hundreds of protesters on both sides of the issue packed the state capitol in Des Moines, some shouting “Bans off our bodies” while others yelled “Abortion is murder.”would add Iowa to the wave of conservative-leaning states, including North Dakota and South Dakota, that have put in place abortion restrictions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion last summer.
Reynolds asked a district court to allow a roughly six-week abortion ban to take effect, but it declined to do so. She then took the request to the Iowa Supreme Court, whichAfter the deadline, Reynolds called for the special session. often around six weeks into a pregnancy. The bill says a provider must perform an abdominal ultrasound on a patient, and if “a fetal heartbeat” is detected, an abortion is prohibited.includes a few exceptions, such as for rape and incest, provided that the cases are reported to law enforcement. It also includes exceptions for fetal abnormalities that are “incompatible with life” and for medical emergencies in which a pregnant person faces death or serious harm to their health.
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