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Iowa Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban, Faces Immediate Legal Challenge

  • Iowa's Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
  • The law prohibits abortion once fetal cardiac activity is detected, usually around six weeks, with limited exceptions.
  • Republican Governor Kim Reynolds plans to sign the bill into law on Friday.
  • Reproductive rights groups immediately filed a lawsuit seeking to block the law.
  • If enacted, the six-week ban would give Iowa one of the strictest abortion laws in the country.
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