BREAKING: Iowa Supreme Court prevents six-week abortion ban from going into effect.
June 16, 2023, 10:31 AMCharlie Neibergall/AP, FILE
However, the law was permanently struck down by a district court in January 2019, which ruled that the law violated the Iowa Constitution and that there was no state interest in banning abortions so early in pregnancy. Currently, abortion is banned in the state after 22 weeks, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group focusing on sexual and reproductive health.
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