Gov. Reynolds signs 6-week abortion ban into law

In a statement published on the governor’s website, Reynolds said she signed the bill as she felt it was “immoral to stop an innocent beating heart”, as well as “sickening to sell fetal body parts”.

Steve King, R-IA, is the sponsor of federal heartbeat legislation and also says that by the time such a law makes its way through the courts, it’s very likely that President Trump will have appointed another Supreme Court justice, who will rule on the side of life. However, Governor Reynolds has a history of expressing pro-life views and is expected to follow suit on this piece of legislation.

The laws bans abortion in all circumstances after six weeks of being pregnant, which critics of the laws argue is earlier than most ladies are conscious they’re pregnant.

A woman who is raped must report the rape “to a law enforcement agency, a public or private health agency or a family physician within 45 days”. Another provision prohibits some uses of fetal tissue, with exemptions for research.

“This bill will be the vehicle that will ultimately provide change and provide the opportunity to overturn Roe v. Wade“, Iowa Republican state senator Rick Bertrand said of the legislation during floor debate.

Similar legislation approved in other states has been ruled unconstitutional.

“This just all propels the whole movement to protect life forward”, Republican Rep. Sandy Salmon, a Janesville Republican.

Republican lawmakers in the state passed the bill banning the procedure after the point that a foetal heartbeat is detected.

As if on cue, the American Civil Liberties Union on Friday announced plans to file a lawsuit. Up until now, a woman has been able to get an abortion in Iowa up to her 20th week.

While Reynolds was posing with children inside her official office, Sen. “But what you can’t disagree with is the results that we’ve gotten for the state of Iowa”, Whitver said. “This will go down in history for eons as the best use of two years the Legislature has ever had”, he added.

Leah Van Den Bosch was one of the women leading the protest, and marched a letter straight to the governor’s doorstep pleading with her to veto the bill.

“It’s shameful that when Planned Parenthood heard lawmakers were introducing legislation to ban abortion, we were outraged – but we weren’t surprised”.

Even Planned Parenthood, which soaks taxpayers for millions every year, fretted about the matter.