The near-total ban was passed late Tuesday night after Reynolds called a last-minute special session for the “sole purpose” of enacting anti-abortion measures.
—as an opening to demand Republicans pass a new six-week ban.Democratic state Sen. Janice Weiner said the immediacy of the bill showed “incredible disrespect” to the state’s doctors, who are already struggling in women’s health education as there isin the entire state. Weiner said the state should change the “Welcome to Iowa” signs at its borders to “Iowa: Handmaid’s Paradise.”
It wasn’t just lawmakers that were upset. More than 100 residents signed up to speak during the public comment portion on Tuesday. Felicia Hilton, a resident of Des Moines, laid into Republicans pushing the bill. “You guys are lying to yourselves and you’re offending everyone, including God. You’re offending God,”Republicans tried to assuage Democrats by saying the bill includes exceptions for rape and incest survivors and maternal health.
“If this abortion ban goes into effect, it will place an unacceptable burden on patients’ ability to access essential abortion care, especially those who already face systemic inequities,” Ruth Richardson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States, said in a statement on Tuesday. “Hundreds of Iowans will be impacted in mere weeks. We refuse to stand idly by and will fight every step of the way to block this abortion ban and restore Iowans’ rights.
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