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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is joining 11 other governors in calling for the Supreme Court to overturn landmark abortion rights decisions, such as Roe v. Wade, and allow states to make their own laws governing the procedure.
Reynolds is one of a dozen Republican governors who signed onto an amicus, or friend of the court, brief Thursday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit its previous abortion decisions, such as Roe v. Wade in 1973 and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992. Those decisions established a constitutional right to abortion and the legal framework governing the procedure in the United States. For years, democratically elected representatives in states like Iowa have tried to defend innocent human life only to be stymied by the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, Reynolds said in a statement. For too long, this precedent has trampled on state sovereignty and destroyed the lives of millions of unborn babies. I am proud to join with governors from across
Judge blocks Iowa abortion law requiring 24-hour waiting period
Updated 1:21 PM ET, Wed June 23, 2021
Women cheer during a rally for abortion rights on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. (CNN)An Iowa law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion was permanently blocked by a district judge on Monday.
District Judge Mitchell E. Turner ruled the law was unconstitutional because it violated a 2018 decision by the Iowa Supreme Court that protects abortion rights. The law is also unconstitutional, Turner ruled, because the state legislature violated the Iowa Constitution s single-subject rule when it included the measure with another unrelated bill. Turner also canceled a trial for the case that was set to take place in January 2022.
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Iowa may not enforce a law approved last year that required women seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and then wait at least 24 hours before undergoing the procedure, a judge ordered on Monday.
Iowa District Judge Mitchell Turner ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and said the law, which was signed by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds on June 29, 2020, after lawmakers passed it as an amendment to a bill relating to the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from minors, violated the state constitution’s “single subject” rule that requires that every act in the Legislature “shall embrace but one subject.”
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A Johnson County District Court judge has permanently blocked a 24-hour abortion waiting period law from being enforced in Iowa about a year after Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Iowa launched a legal challenge.
A Johnson County District Court judge has permanently blocked a 24-hour abortion waiting period law from being enforced in Iowa, about a year after Planned Parenthood and the ACLU of Iowa launched a legal challenge.
Republicans in the Iowa Legislature passed the law last June, which requires a person seeking an abortion to have an additional medical appointment at least 24 hours before terminating their pregnancy. District Court Judge Mitchell Turner determined that law is unconstitutional based on the Iowa Supreme Court’s 2018 opinion that a 72-hour abortion waiting period is unconstitutional.