Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa, a Republican, signed a strict abortion ban into law on Friday, even as a judge heard arguments to suspend it. Ms. Reynolds had vowed to sign the measure that was passed ...

That could change soon if the Iowa Supreme Court agrees with Reynolds and the six-week abortion ban goes into effect. The latest ban is in addition to other state laws that direct how patients ...

Iowa's hotly contested six-week abortion ban officially is in effect. Enforcement of the state’s so-called "fetal heartbeat" law went into effect at 8 a.m. July 29 after the Iowa Supreme Court ...

“And that’s a day for celebration.” She said she will keep advocating for Iowa lawmakers to ban abortion from the moment of conception. How the law banning abortions after cardiac activity ...

Once in effect, the new law will replace Iowa's current ban that prohibits abortions at 20 weeks gestation. The "fetal heartbeat ban" prohibits an abortion once the first sights of cardiac ...

The new law puts Iowa among three other states that similarly ban abortion after around six weeks: Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. Fourteen states have full abortion bans, and 22 (including ...

A district court judge filed a motion to dissolve the temporary injunction on the Iowa abortion law, allowing the six-week abortion ban to go into effect next week. This story was updated July 23 ...

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled last month that the Republican-backed law could be enforced. Abortions had been legal in the state up until about 22 weeks. By Mitch Smith Iowa’s ban on abortions ...

Iowa now bans nearly all abortions, as early as six weeks of pregnancy. That's down from around 20 weeks in the previous law. Iowa Public Radio's Natalie Krebs reports. NATALIE KREBS, BYLINE ...

a 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban, at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, in Des Moines. Lundgren said she wanted to clear up "misconceptions" about laws around the country that ...

Although he said he would like to see a law that bans abortion at conception, May believes Iowa’s current law is the “best we can attain today under the political environment we’re in.” ...

Iowa’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy was signed into law Friday by Gov. Kim Reynolds, but a judge is still considering abortion advocates’ request to put the ...