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Associated Press
David Pitt
Des Moines, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Thursday authorized state courts to enforce anti-abortion laws. I asked.
Reynolds previously held the abortion controversy months before she and several other Republican leaders ran for re-election, instead of holding a special session to vote. , said it would take it to court.The court filing is just the first step in a legal battle that will take months to resolve and will be brought back to the Iowa Supreme Court.
2018 law prohibits abortion once heart activity is detected, usually around 6 weeks gestation and before many women realize they are pregnant. . Iowa's law banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy remains in force, but Reynolds is seeking a tougher ban in court.
Reynolds' attorneys argued that since the United States Supreme Court and the Iowa Supreme Court have now removed broad constitutional protections for abortion rights, the previous order should be removed and the law enforced.
"The historic Supreme Court decision that overturned Law's decision offers us new hope and avenues for challenging the Iowa court's earlier decision." ," Reynolds said in a statement. "A person's life and death depend on the beating of the heart. I believe that, including the fetus."
It prohibits abortion when a "heartbeat" can be detected, but it is not easy to apply this to medicine. That's because by the time advanced technology can detect the first visual agitation, the embryo isn't a fetus yet and doesn't have a heart. An embryo is called a fetus at 8 weeks after fertilization.
Iowa law includes exceptions for medical emergencies such as threats to a mother's life, rape, incest, and fetal abnormalities.
Iowa House Democratic Leader Jennifer Confurst said that in a state where polls show most people support abortion rights, Reynolds will be the voice of the public. said to be ignoring. A poll released last month by the Des Moines Register showed that 60 percent of Iowans think abortions should be legal in most or all cases.
"This is the exact opposite of what the people of Iowa say they want," Confurst said. "This is extreme. I've seen voters across the country veto this, but the governor knows voters here in Iowa will veto this, so she's doing politics."
In June, the Iowa Superior Court overturned a previous ruling guaranteeing abortion rights under the state constitution. This came just a week before the United States Supreme Court overturned her Roe v. Wade decision.
Reynolds' attorneys said the state Supreme Court "immediately enacted the injunction permanently because no additional factual developments were necessary to establish that there was a 'substantial change' to the law." can and should be resolved in a short period of time."
This law was successfully challenged by attorneys for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions, and the Iowa American Civil Liberties Union. They said they plan to continue fighting Reynolds' efforts within the state. It is an outrageous and dangerous attack on Iowa women," said Iowa Attorney General Rita Bettis Austin, ACLU. "We will do everything in our power to stop attempts to ban abortion in Iowa." Visit Healthing.ca, a member of the Postmedia Network, for more health news and content.
