A six week abortion ban in Iowa said to take
effect this Friday.
That law will make most abortions about six weeks of
pregnancy illegal.
This is after the state Supreme Court ruled in favor
of allowing the ban to go into full effect nearly
three weeks ago.
The ACLU of Iowa and Planned Parenthood of North Central
states looking to get a rehearing from Iowa's highest court.
The timeline not known on the challenge, but officials say
every legal Ave.
will be used.
Planned Parenthood officials speaking out about how many abortions currently
currently done in Iowa will be outlawed with this new
law.
But in terms of what we are anticipating with this
ban is that the vast majority of abortions would be
banned in Iowa.
And, you know, we're estimating that around 9798% of abortions
would be banned as a result of the lifting of
the injunction.
Richardson adds that they are beefing up resources to surrounding
states with Planned Parenthood.
Pulse Life Advocates is a pro-life group that runs 55
pregnancy resource centers across the Hawkeye state.
And officials say they've been planning for this law change
for many years.
I mean, it's, it's really hard to put into words
all the emotions.
You know that you something that you've worked on for
so long and so hard and you know it's going
to help women.
It's just that combination of something that is finally coming
to fruition.
For now, abortion is still legal up to 20 weeks
in a pregnancy in Iowa until the Polk County District
Judge lifts that injunction.