Iowa abortion ban laws precipitated rush in clinics

Because the implementation of Iowa’s new “fetal heartbeat” invoice loomed, employees at abortion clinics throughout the state scrambled to get as many sufferers seen as doable.

Earlier within the week, Paige Bergholtz, a affected person companies navigator for Deliberate Parenthood North Central States, known as sufferers to get as many appointments as doable scheduled earlier than Friday, when Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the six-week abortion ban into legislation.