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A divided Iowa Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Friday to remove an injunction blocking enforcement of Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" abortion law, and to remove legal barriers for future abortion restrictions.
Friday's ruling on whether Iowa's 6-week abortion ban can go into effect follows a 3-3 deadlock in 2023. Iowa now allows abortion at up to 20 weeks.
The Iowa Board of Medicine has approved administrative rules to enact the state's 6-week abortion ban — should the courts allow the law to go into effect.
In Des Moines, Iowa on April 11, 2024, an abortion rights protest was held outside the state courthouse while the Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a proposed 6-week abortion ban. [67] In Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 29, 2024, an abortion rights protest was held following the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling to uphold a 6-week abortion ban. [68]
Abortion advocates gather on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol for the 2024 Women's Strike on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Des Moines.
But in 2023, the court deadlocked 3-3 on whether to revive the state's so-called six-week "fetal heartbeat" abortion ban, passed by the Legislature in 2018 but blocked by a Polk County judge from ...
What did the Iowa Supreme Court decide on the six-week abortion ban, and what does it mean? Here's what you need to know about the Iowa Supreme Court's ruling on 6-week abortion ban Skip to main ...
Abortion advocates gather on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol for the 2024 Women’s Strike on Monday, June 24, 2024, in Des Moines.