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Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds calls special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions
Fox News
Kim Reynolds, the Republican governor of Iowa, has called a special legislative session to pursue new abortion restrictions. Lawmakers in the state are set to meet on July 11, 2023.
Lawmakers will meet on July 11.
"Iowans deserve to have their legislative body address the issue of abortion expeditiously and all unborn children deserve to have their lives protected by the government as the fetal heartbeat law did," Reynolds wrote in the order.
The blocked law banned abortion once cardiac activity can be detected, which is usually around six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. Medical experts say the cardiac activity is not an actual heartbeat but rather an initial flutter of electric movement within cells in an embryo.