Iowa abortion ruling: Judge places injunction on new law
Judge Joseph Seidlin has placed a temporary injunction on a law banning abortion past six weeks of pregnancy that was signed and endorsed by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
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Judge Joseph Seidlin has placed a temporary injunction on a law banning abortion past six weeks of pregnancy that was signed and endorsed by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
An Iowa district court judge heard arguments Friday afternoon about whether a law prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks may go into effect.
An Iowa judge has temporarily blocked Iowa’s new six-week abortion ban, leaving the temporary injunction in place “until the court’s final adjudication on the merits in this matter.”
District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin granted a request Monday from Iowa abortion providers to halt enforcement of the new restrictions until its constitutionality can be considered by the courts.
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, citing a need to change a “destructive culture of abortion,” signed into law Friday a near-total ban on abortions in Iowa.