An Iowa judge has ruled the state’s strict abortion lawwill take effect Monday, preventing most abortions after about sixweeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated PressAbortion-rights protesters attend a rally, June 24, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa.
The high court’s order gave a decisive win to Iowa’s Republican leaders after years of legislative and legal battles. There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has an abnormality “incompatible with life”; or if the pregnancy endangers the mother’s life.
Planned Parenthood in Iowa has ceased abortion services in two Iowa cities in the last year, including in Des Moines. Two of the state’s five Planned Parenthood clinics offer in-person abortion services, and three offer abortion through medication. Sarah Traxler, the Planned Parenthood region’s medical director, said a law prohibiting abortions after cardiac activity can be detected is “tricky.”
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