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| Abortion ban: Iowa legislature passes nation's most restrictive bill | Abortion ban: Iowa legislature passes nation's most restrictive bill |
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| Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature has passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the United States, outlawing the procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected, often at six weeks and before a woman realizes she is pregnant. | Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature has passed the most restrictive abortion ban in the United States, outlawing the procedure after a fetal heartbeat is detected, often at six weeks and before a woman realizes she is pregnant. |
| The senate voted 29-17 to pass the House of Representatives-approved bill, according to the legislature’s online voting tallies. The bill now goes to the Republican governor, Kim Reynolds, an abortion opponent, who has not said publicly whether she will sign it into law. | The senate voted 29-17 to pass the House of Representatives-approved bill, according to the legislature’s online voting tallies. The bill now goes to the Republican governor, Kim Reynolds, an abortion opponent, who has not said publicly whether she will sign it into law. |
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| The legislation is aimed at triggering a challenge to Roe v Wade, the US supreme court’s 1973 landmark decision which established that women have a constitutional right to an abortion, activists on both sides of the issue said. | The legislation is aimed at triggering a challenge to Roe v Wade, the US supreme court’s 1973 landmark decision which established that women have a constitutional right to an abortion, activists on both sides of the issue said. |
| Abortion opponents aim to land abortion questions back in front of the nation’s top court, where they believe the 5-4 conservative majority could sharply curtail abortion access or ban it outright. | Abortion opponents aim to land abortion questions back in front of the nation’s top court, where they believe the 5-4 conservative majority could sharply curtail abortion access or ban it outright. |
| “We created an opportunity to take a run at Roe v Wade – 100%,” said the Republican state senator Rick Bertrand of Sioux City, who said the legislation is designed to be “thrust into the court” that has had its conservative majority restored following Donald Trump’s appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch. | “We created an opportunity to take a run at Roe v Wade – 100%,” said the Republican state senator Rick Bertrand of Sioux City, who said the legislation is designed to be “thrust into the court” that has had its conservative majority restored following Donald Trump’s appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch. |
| Spokeswoman Becca Lee of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, which supports access to abortion, called it an “intentionally unconstitutional ban on 99% of safe, legal abortion, designed to challenge Roe v Wade”. | Spokeswoman Becca Lee of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, which supports access to abortion, called it an “intentionally unconstitutional ban on 99% of safe, legal abortion, designed to challenge Roe v Wade”. |
| “The bill weaponizes fetal heartbeat, which is by all accounts an arbitrary standard that bans abortion long before the point of fetal viability,” Lee said in an email to Reuters. | “The bill weaponizes fetal heartbeat, which is by all accounts an arbitrary standard that bans abortion long before the point of fetal viability,” Lee said in an email to Reuters. |
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| Mississippi’s Republican governor in March signed into law a bill banning abortion after 15 weeks with some exceptions, sparking an immediate court challenge by abortion rights advocates. | Mississippi’s Republican governor in March signed into law a bill banning abortion after 15 weeks with some exceptions, sparking an immediate court challenge by abortion rights advocates. |
| A similar court challenge is under way in Kentucky, which in April enacted a ban on a common abortion procedure from the 11th week of pregnancy. | A similar court challenge is under way in Kentucky, which in April enacted a ban on a common abortion procedure from the 11th week of pregnancy. |
| The newest Iowa bill, which the state senate passed early on Wednesday after overnight wrangling by lawmakers, requires any woman seeking an abortion to undergo an abdominal ultrasound to screen for a fetal heartbeat. If one is detected, healthcare providers are barred from performing an abortion. | The newest Iowa bill, which the state senate passed early on Wednesday after overnight wrangling by lawmakers, requires any woman seeking an abortion to undergo an abdominal ultrasound to screen for a fetal heartbeat. If one is detected, healthcare providers are barred from performing an abortion. |
| Among the few exceptions are if the woman was raped or a victim of incest and has reported that to authorities. | Among the few exceptions are if the woman was raped or a victim of incest and has reported that to authorities. |
| The bill would ban most abortions in the state and was passed in the final days of the Iowa legislative session. | The bill would ban most abortions in the state and was passed in the final days of the Iowa legislative session. |
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