Iowa legislature, in a rushed one-day session, passes anti-abortion bill after a 15-hour debate. The bill prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy when many may not know they're pregnant.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2020.The Iowa state legislature passed an anti-abortion bill late on Tuesday night, following a rushed consideration of the measure during a one-day special session that was convened by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.
The bill, which bars abortions in the state after the six-week mark of pregnancy — a timeframe during which many people may not even realize they are pregnant —, following a marathon 15 hours of procedural debate and motions in both chambers of the state legislature. Reynolds has indicated she will sign the bill into law, which will go into effect immediately after she does so, unless a court order blocks it.
The bill seeks to reinstate a previously passed six-week abortion ban, which was put on the books in 2019 as a “trigger bill” in the event that abortion protections recognized undergot overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, which happened last year. A state court blocked the implementation of that law, and earlier this year,, effectively keeping the injunction in place for the time being, allowing abortions to be carried out up to the 22nd week of pregnancy.
The new six-week ban only allows abortions to happen beyond that time if there is a life-threatening situation for a person who is pregnant. It also allows for abortions in cases of rape or incest, but only up to 45 days after a rape and 140 days for an instance of incest, and
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