Iowa implements a 6 week abortion ban

[Elim Garak]

One of the strictest abortion bans in the nation came into force in Iowa on Monday.
Why it matters: Most abortions are now prohibited after about six weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions in the cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the patient.

• Until now, abortion in Iowa has been available until up to about 22 weeks of pregnancy.

Driving the news: Iowa joins states including Florida, South Carolina and Georgia in banning abortion when cardiac activity is detected in an embryo.

• With Iowa, 18 states in total have laws banning nearly all abortions after about six weeks gestation.

Catch up quick: Last month, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed a temporary injunction blocking the most recently passed law. Last week, it denied Planned Parenthood of the Heartland's petition for rehearing its case.

• A district court judge ruled that the current injunction blocking the law would lift at 8am Monday.

State of play: Planned Parenthood has increased abortion capabilities in surrounding states, including Nebraska and Minnesota, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reports.

What they're saying: Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a statement calling the latest decision "a victory for life," saying she remains committed to supporting women in planning for motherhood.

The other side: "Women will die" because of the new law, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart, told the Dispatch.

• "We know that Iowans will now face unjust and, for some, impossible obstacles in getting abortion care," Rita Bettis Austen, legal director for the ACLU of Iowa, said in a news conference last month.

Zoom in: The earliest most women know they're pregnant is at four weeks, giving little time to consider options and schedule appointments, Sonia Suter, a law professor at George Washington University Law School, tells Axios.

• "That's why these are effectively like abortion bans," Suter says.

Flashback: Iowa Republicans passed a similar "fetal heartbeat" law in 2018, but it was struck down by a district court judge who cited a past state supreme court ruling that had declared abortion a state constitutional right.

Yes, but: The legal landscape changed after Roe v. Wade, which granted federal abortion protections, was overturned in 2022.

• Reynolds called a special one-day legislative session in July 2023 during which her party once again passed a "fetal heartbeat" law.

 

[cobra]

great!
less child murders

 

[DJSmooth]

Why it matters: Most abortions are now prohibited after about six weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions in the cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the patient.

What's the problem?

 

[Mrhateeverything]

terrible. this one of the major reasons why kamala will most likely win . republicans don't give a f about kids .

You can’t say you wanna keep the children safe and invest in their future when there’s no policy that does so.
you stop free lunch for kids , you don't want to help them at all and you rape and molest them more than any demographic .
not pro life just forced birth

 

[bnew]

great!
less child murders

abortion isn't murder.

 

[ORDER_66]

IOWA.....

 

[RickyDiBiase]

at one point Iowa was looking like one of the most progressive states in the Midwest

 

[the cac mamba]

What's the problem?

why should women be forced to give birth, if they don't want to?

 

[boogers]

terrible. this one of the major reasons why kamala will most likely win . republicans don't give a f about kids .

You can’t say you wanna keep the children safe and invest in their future when there’s no policy that does so.
you stop free lunch for kids , you don't want to help them at all and you rape and molest them more than any demographic .
not pro life just forced birth

neither do any of the swagless dusty dikk losers above. dear lord just search some of their posts, shyt is horrific

kind of funny how they picture themselves as kings.. i guess most kings technically were unemployed and living with their mama if you think about it

thankfully most women IRL can smell that shyt from a mile away and rightfully avoid them

 

[RamsayBolton]

Time to get those horror stories out in front of Iowa independents then.

 

[King Poetic]

Look at all those red states

No one to blame but those so called Christian white men and those white women

 

[yung Herbie Hancock]

States like Iowa, Idaho etc. are basically white ethno states right now, it's just that no one wants to talk about it. Especially Idaho.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

What's the problem?

Because we've already seen that those provisions don't actually work in real life when the state is making the call of what a life threatening condition is instead of the doctor. It has resulted in doctors being less proactive in rectifying the situation until the pregnant women are in the emergency room to deal with the situation that the Drs predicted would happen.

 

[Mowgli]

3 month fetus

 

[valet]

Salute. All lives matter. Even in the womb.