Antiabortion-rights groups in Iowa say they will work to block Nebraska physician LeRoy Carhart from opening a new clinic that will offer abortion services later in pregnancy, the Des Moines Register reports. Earlier this week, Carhart announced plans to open new abortion clinics in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and the suburbs of Washington, D.C., as well as expand services in Indianapolis. The decision was prompted by a recently implemented Nebraska law (LB 1103) prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks' gestation based on supporters' claims that fetuses can feel pain at that stage... 

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