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.
In Friday’s ruling, the high court told the lower court to dissolve the temporary injunction and continue with further proceedings.The new law bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and before many women know they are pregnant.The bench’s majority ruling Friday is a win for Republican lawmakers.
The law was in effect for a few days before a district court judge put it on pause, a decision Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds appealed.The state argued the law should be analyzed using rational basis review, the least strict approach to judging legal challenges, and the court should simply weigh whether the government has a legitimate interest in restricting the procedure.
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