Women Celebrate Iowa Heartbeat Law Protecting Babies From Abortions
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Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the night. Governor Kim Reynolds immediately said in a statement she would sign the bill Friday. The bill passed with exclusively Republican support in a rare, one-day legislative burst lasting…
"We would like to see that there's no abortion and no need for abortion," one Iowa woman said.
The marathon day of committee meetings, floor debates and votes in both chambers exceeded 13 hours when the House voted just after 9 p.m. in approval of the bill.
Tensions are flaring at the Iowa Capitol over a special legislative session on abortion restrictions. Republican lawmakers are working to pass a new ban on abortion after roughly six weeks