Once in effect, the new law will replace Iowa's current ban that prohibits abortions at 20 weeks gestation. The "fetal heartbeat ban" prohibits an abortion once the first sights of cardiac ...

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled last month that the Republican-backed law could be enforced. Abortions had been legal in the state up until about 22 weeks. By Mitch Smith Iowa’s ban on abortions ...

The law has narrow exceptions for cases of rape ... He accused Nunn of supporting a nationwide total abortion ban. “(Iowa’s ban) is really unfortunate to see, and a really good and clear ...

THE IOWA SUPREME COURT REVERSED A BLOCK ON IOWA’S STRICT ABORTION BAN THAT WAS PASSED LAST YEAR. THE HIGH COURT UPHELD THE LAW THAT BANS ABORTIONS ONCE FETAL CARDIAC ACTIVITY IS DETECTED.

Iowa's strict new abortion ban won't take effect quite yet after Planned Parenthood of the Heartland asked the Iowa Supreme Court to reconsider whether the law is constitutional. The Iowa Supreme ...

repealed the law before it could take effect this summer. Iowa’s legislature passed an abortion ban in 2018 that was permanently blocked by the courts. Reynolds, a Republican staunchly opposed ...

6-week abortion ban can take effect, Iowa Supreme Court rules, ending injunction Even as they work to see remaining patients under the current 20-week abortion law, clinics are planning for a ...

In other states with bans that kick in around six weeks into ... Iowa Supreme Court’s majority determined that abortion laws in Iowa are to be judged by whether the government has a legitimate ...

This is a developing story that will be updated. The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled a law that bans abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy can go into effect. It will take the law at least 21 ...

four states ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, and 14 states have near-total bans at all stages of pregnancy. The law in Iowa and other restrictions across the country will be a ...