15 May

State Senators in Minnesota and Iowa pass abortion measures

Posted by Sean Chippindall in Women Health Care | Tags :Abortion, Abortion Measures |

News outlets report on the progress of bills dealing with abortion issues in Minnesota and Iowa.

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Minnesota Senate Easily Approves Limits On Abortions A pair of bills that would dramatically limit abortion rights passed their final legislative hurdle on Monday and will soon be headed to the governor’s desk. The GOP-led Minnesota Senate voted 40-26 to eliminate state funding of abortions for poor women and voted 42-24 to prohibit all abortions 20 weeks after conception. The votes split largely along party lines, though several DFLers joined Republicans in support of the restrictions. … DFL Gov. Mark Dayton has said he would not sign bills violating the “fundamental right” to an abortion(Roper, 5/16). Des Moines Register: Iowa Senate Passes Bill To Block Abortion Clinic A bitterly divided Iowa Senate on Monday approved a bill aimed at blocking a Nebraska physician from opening an abortion clinic in Council Bluffs, although the legislation would not prevent so-called late-term abortion clinics in four other Iowa cities. The bill, Senate File 534, was passed on a strictly partisan vote, with 26 Democrats in support and 23 Republicans opposed. The measure now goes to the Republican-controlled Iowa House, where House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, has said it is unlikely to win approval. … The measure would require a new facility that performs abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy to be located near an Iowa hospital with an intensive care unit, to help protect a woman and her fetus(Petroski, 5/17).

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