Iowa House Republicans introduce bill placing total ban on abortions
Updated: 7:42 AM CST Mar 1, 2023
Iowa House Republicans introduce bill placing total ban on abortions
Updated: 7:42 AM CST Mar 1, 2023
AFTERNOON AS THAT FINAL DEADLINE APPROACHES, REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ARE INTRODUCING SWEEPING LEGISLATION ON TWO MAJOR ISSUES. ONE IS A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTIONS IN IOWA. HOUSE REPUBLICANS INTRODUCED THE IOWA HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT. IT WOULD BAN DOCTORS FROM PERFORMING ABORTIONS OR PROVIDING ABORTION, CAUSING MEDICINES. IT WOULD ALSO MAKE AIDING AND ABETTING AN ABORTION. A CRIME. IF PASSED, THAT LAW WOULD BE ENFORCED THROU
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Iowa House Republicans introduce bill placing total ban on abortions
Updated: 7:42 AM CST Mar 1, 2023
As the funnel deadline approaches, Republican lawmakers are introducing sweeping legislation on two major issues.One is a total ban on abortions in Iowa. House Republicans have introduced the Iowa Human Life Protection Act. It would ban doctors from performing abortions or providing abortion-causing medicine.It would also make "aiding and abetting" an abortion a crime.If passed, the law would be enforced through lawsuits by individual Iowans.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
As the funnel deadline approaches, Republican lawmakers are introducing sweeping legislation on two major issues.
One is a total ban on abortions in Iowa.
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House Republicans have introduced the Iowa Human Life Protection Act. It would ban doctors from performing abortions or providing abortion-causing medicine.
It would also make "aiding and abetting" an abortion a crime.
If passed, the law would be enforced through lawsuits by individual Iowans.