BREAKING: Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy. The legislation will take effect with the governor’s signature. Abortion is currently legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
“The Iowa Supreme Court questioned whether this legislature would pass the same law they did in 2018, and today they have a clear answer,” Reynolds said in a statement. “The voices of Iowans and their democratically elected representatives cannot be ignored any longer, and justice for the unborn should not be delayed.”
Preparations were already underway to quickly file legal challenges in court and get the measure blocked, once Reynolds signs it into law. In the meantime, Planned Parenthood North Central States has said they will refer patients out of state if they’re scheduled for abortions in the next few weeks. The organization, the largest abortion provider in the state, will continue to provide care to patients who present before cardiac activity is detected.
For much of the morning and afternoon, chants from abortion advocates echoed through the rotunda and could be heard from rooms where state representatives and senators were meeting in the morning and afternoon. Members of the public for and against the bill alternated conveying their viewpoints to lawmakers from both chambers for nearly four hours in total.
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