Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has called a special legislative session so lawmakers can enact new abortion restrictions.
After those rulings, Reynolds declined to call a special session last year to enact new restrictions, instead choosing to work through the state courts to try to get the 2018 ban into effect. The law, which included exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, incest and fetal abnormality, had been blocked by a 2019 district court ruling.
Though it references the 2018 law, Reynolds’ order doesn’t explicitly define the restrictions she thinks lawmakers should enact now.“We will always encourage and advocate toward the day when all innocent life is cherished and protected by law, from conception to natural death. But at minimum, we want to see Heartbeat repassed,” Drew Zahn, a spokesperson for the conservative Christian group The Family Leader said in a text message.
“The constitutional standard is clear in the state of Iowa and to see a governor of the state really be that dismissive of the rule of law in Iowa is really very, very alarming to me," said Pete McRoberts, policy director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa. “We will be there in full force, of course, when she does reconvene the Legislature."
Reynolds has ordered a special session just one other year, in 2021, when lawmakers came together in two separate special sessions to approve the drawing of congressional and legislative districts. Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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