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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 2019 legislative session, by means of a seldom-used legislative procedure that prevented any effort t...

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 fundamental right to an abortion under the Iowa Constitution, was “wrongly decided.” Republic...

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 the Heartland and Dr. Jill Meadows argued. Judge Mitchell Turner ruled in favor of the petitioners,...