Iowa Supreme Court split decision leaves 20-week abortion ban in place – By Simon Druker (UPI) / June 16, 2023
June 16 (UPI) — Iowa’s highest court on Friday reached a split decision, meaning a more-restrictive ban on abortion in that state will not move forward, leaving the current approximate 20-week window for the procedure in place.
“One member of the court is conflicted out from this case, so the court is deadlocked 3-3 and the district court ruling is affirmed by operation of law,” the judges wrote in their 64-page decision.
The result reaffirms the previous decision of the district court, not of the appeals court. That decision allows for the procedure to take place up until approximately the 20th week of pregnancy.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds was attempting to reinstate a six-week abortion ban first passed in 2018. But what is referred to as the state’s “fetal heartbeat bill” was caught up in the legal system and appeals process.
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