Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs nation's strictest abortion ban

Source: Washington Examiner | May 4, 2018 | Kimberly Leonard

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law that would ban an abortion roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, just as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected.

The bill, which is likely to trigger immediate lawsuits, will make Iowa the most restrictive state for abortions in the country. It requires doctors to conduct an ultrasound on pregnant women to test for a fetal heartbeat and to refuse to provide an abortion if it is detected.

The bill, which reached the governor’s desk without any Democratic support, provides for exemptions in the cases of rape, incest or when a woman’s pregnancy endangers her life.

The ban will go into effect July 1 if it isn’t stopped by the courts. Pro-abortion rights groups say women often don’t know they are pregnant until later in a pregnancy, and Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the American Civil Liberties Union have said they plan to sue.

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