Iowa's restrictive abortion measure faces legal challenge as governor prepares to sign it into law | News Channel 3-12

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The new measure will be considered in the context of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and Iowa's Supreme Court last year, when both reversed themselves on rulings that had affirmed a woman's fundamental constitutional right to abortion.
47% : More than a dozen states have bans with limited exceptions and one state, Georgia, bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected.
44% : There are limited circumstances under the measure that would allow for abortion after the point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality "incompatible with life"; or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman.
25% : Abortion is currently legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy but will be far more restricted when Reynolds puts pen to paper Friday -- unless or until the district court judge issues a temporary hold.

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