The Iowa Supreme Court, in a 3–3 decision, declined to reinstate a six-week ban on abortions that was backed by the state’s governor.
A 2019 district court nullified the state’s previous six-week ban on the procedure, with a Polk County District Court judge ruling that the ban was unconstitutional based on state and federal law. The case was taken up last year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending federal protection of the procedure.
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year, Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately sought to revive the law. The blocked law barred abortions once cardiac activity can be detected, coming usually around six weeks of pregnancy….