The Republican-controlled Legislature in Iowa will aim to enact a ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a rare special session that starts Tuesday
. Abortion is currently legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
A district court deemed that law unconstitutional in 2019 given rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and thethat affirmed a woman's fundamental constitutional right to abortion. Both bodies overturned those rulings last year, so Reynolds sought to reinstate the 2018 law. Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the state, has said it plans to protest outside the Iowa Capitol on Tuesday. It has previously filed lawsuits to challenge the state’s abortion restrictions.
Fourteen states have bans with limited exceptions and one state, Georgia, bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected. Several other states have similar restrictions that are on hold pending court rulings.The question before the Iowa Supreme Court this term was largely procedural, not on the merits of the law.
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