The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the state’s strict abortion law, and is telling the lower court to let the law take effect.
FILE - Abortion-rights protesters cheer at a rally, June 24, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the states strict abortion law, Friday, June 28, 2024, and is telling the lower court to let the law take effect. The new law bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.
There are limited circumstances under the Iowa law that would allow for abortion after six weeks of pregnancy: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality “incompatible with life”; or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the patient.
Since then, Planned Parenthood has ceased abortion services in two Iowa cities, including one in Des Moines. The other Des Moines location doesn’t currently have the capacity to serve patients seeking an abortion, so abortion medication and the procedure are being offered about 36 miles north in Ames.
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