Now, across the country, four states ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
Iowa 's Republican leaders have been seeking the law for years and gained momentum after thein 2022. The Iowa Supreme Court also issued a ruling that year saying there was no constitutional right to abortion in the state.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, called it a "historic day for Iowa."abortion accessThey have said they will continue to operate in Iowa in compliance with the new law, but Sarah Traxler, Planned Parenthood North Central States' chief medical officer, called it a "devastating and dark" moment in state history.
Statements released Monday by several Democratic campaigns and committees connected the law to former President and, as well as Iowa's all-Republican congressional delegation. The law prohibits abortions after cardiac activity can be detected, which is roughly at six weeks. There are limited exceptions in cases of rape, incest, fetal abnormality or when the life of the mother is in danger. Previously, abortion in Iowa was legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
A law based on cardiac activity is "tricky," said Traxler, of Planned Parenthood. Since six weeks is approximate, "we don't necessarily have plans to cut people off at a certain gestational age," she said.
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