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Iowa’s Republican governor calls a special legislative session to revive abortion restrictions

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By HANNAH FINGERHUT
Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has called a special legislative session so lawmakers can enact new abortion restrictions. The move comes after the state Supreme Court last month declined to reinstate a law that would have banned abortion as early as six weeks in a pregnancy. The court was split 3-3 and did not issue a decision on the merits of the law,  leaving open the possibility that the GOP-controlled Legislature could try to pass the same ban again. In the meantime, abortion remains legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Most Republican-led states have significantly curbed access to abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

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