Tensions flare as Iowa passes six-week abortion ban

Iowa’s state legislature voted on Tuesday night to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, a time before most women know they are pregnant. Republican lawmakers, who hold a majority in both the Iowa house and senate, passed the anti-abortion bill after the governor, Kim Reynolds, called a special session to seek a vote on the ban. The bill passed with exclusively Republican support in a rare, one-day legislative burst lasting more than 14 hours Iowa Republicans pass six-week abortion ban