The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the state constitution does not protect the right to an abortion, clearing the way for the state's Republican legislative majority to potentially enact stricter abortion measures
The court's decision is a reversal of its 2018 ruling, in which it found that the Iowa constitution's due process clause protected abortion as a fundamental right. In its 2018 decision -- issued before the state's Republican governor appointed four of the seven current justices -- the high court struck down a state law that required a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion as unconstitutional.
'"Chief Justice Susan Christensen, however, concurred in part with the majority opinion, but"out of respect for stare decisis," dissented from the majority's decision to overrule the court's 2018 decision. Two other justices dissented in part, saying they would rule at this time that the 24-hour waiting period should be considered under a rational basis test. The US Supreme Court will soon issue an opinion that could reverse Roe v.
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