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UBS Australia could be blocked from doing business in Papua New Guinea for a decade over its role in a controversial $1.3 billion loan.

The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over a 2020 law that introduced a 24-hour waiting period before a person could obtain an abortion in Iowa. In appealing the case, the state is asking the court to overturn a 2018 state Supreme Court ruling that upheld the fundamental right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.

Lauren Shaull/Flickr Creative Commons The state of Iowa can ban Planned Parenthood of the Heartland (PPH) from receiving government funds to provide sex education programs, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in a decision handed down on Wednesday. The justices voted 6-1 to overturn a lower court that found the funding ban was unconstitutional. Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature attached the funding ban to the budget bill for the Iowa Department of Human Services during the final days of the 2...

Bleeding Heartland Sunday, Jun 27 2021 The Iowa Supreme Court will soon revisit one of the most politically charged questions of our time. Last week a Johnson County District Court permanently blocked the state from “implementing, effectuating or enforcing” a law requiring a 24-hour waiting period before all abortions. Judge Mitchell Turner ruled the law unconstitutional on two grounds. The state is appealing the ruling and argues that a 2018 Iowa Supreme Court precedent, which established...

A Johnson County court ruled that mandating a 24-hour waiting period for abortions violates the state constitution. Author: The Associated Press, Local 5 News Published: 4:21 PM CDT June 22, 2021 Updated: 6:50 PM CDT June 23, 2021 "By imposing these medically unnecessary, onerous, and harmful requirements, the Amendment unlawfully violates the rights of Petitioners, their patients, and all Iowans under the Iowa Constitution," Planned Parenthood of...

Print this article 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 pr...

Des Moines Register An Iowa judge has permanently blocked a state law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion. In his order, filed Monday afternoon, District Court Judge Mitchell Turner held that the 2020 law is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced on two grounds: that the Legislature violated the "single-subject rule" of the Iowa Constitution when lawmakers passed the measure as an amendment to an unrelated bill; and that the law violates a 2018 Iowa Supreme Court decis...

IPR 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, ...

State government says it plans to appeal. Posted: Jun 22, 2021 3:40 PM Posted By: Mike Bunge (ASSOCIATED PRESS) - An Iowa judge has blocked a state law that would have imposed a 24-hour waiting period before women could get abortions, likely setting up a legal battle before the state Supreme Court. Judge Mitchell Turner ruled Monday that because legislators passed the law last year as an amendment to an unrelated bill, it violated the Iowa Constitution’s single-subject rule, which requires a...

University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto shared with students, staff and faculty today his message to the UK Board of Trustees Tuesday about the many accomplishments made by members of the UK community over the past year.