The new legislation prohibits almost all abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy. That’s a dramatic shift for Iowan women; abortion had been legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Advertisement The court hearing for the request to put the law on hold ended Friday with the judge saying a decision may be made next week. The legal challenge was filed Wednesday morning by the ACLU of Iowa, Planned Parenthood North Central States and the Emma Goldman Clinic.
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