The Iowa law, which bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, has been suspended while a court reviews its constitutionality.
, which banned most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, was passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature last week in a rare all-day session.
That passage resulted in a swift legal challenge to the bill from the ACLU of Iowa, Planned Parenthood North Central States, and the Emma Goldman Clinic. Joseph Seidlin, an associate judge for the Fifth District of Iowa court, heard arguments on the matter on Friday, and on Monday issued the injunction against the law while the court continues to assess its constitutionality, the Associated Press reported.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, is seen at the Family Leadership Summit on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa. An Iowa judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state's more restrictive new abortion measures, only a few days after Reynolds signed them into law."We are relieved that Iowans will be protected in their ability to seek abortion care for the time being under the order issued today," Rita Bettis Austen, legal director for the ACLU of Iowa, said in a statement provided to.
The law, like many others passed by Republican legislatures, is designed to ban abortion after the point at which fetuses begin to demonstrate electrical impulses that eventually become rhythmic and are often miscategorized as"fetal heartbeats." Medical experts have, as the heart is only just beginning to develop at six weeks and will not be pumping blood for some time.
A handful of exceptions past the six week mark have been carved out in the law: in cases of rape that were reported to police or doctors within 45 days, in cases of incest reported within 145 days, in cases where certain fetal abnormalities have developed, and in cases where a pregnancy is endangering the life of the mother.
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