Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has called on the legislature to convene for a special session to ban abortion.
The Iowa legislature begins a special session today, John, for one reason and one reason only:
After Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a six-week abortion ban into law in 2018, the state Supreme Court blocked it. Now she’s called on the legislature to convene for a special session and pass new measures to ban the procedure. Many experts believe that the special session could ban most abortions in Iowa by Wednesday, an outcome a majority of Iowans don’t support.
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