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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

Twenty-nine closures were in states where abortion is now banned at all stages of pregnancy. Eleven were in states where it’s ...

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Planned Parenthood recently announced plans to shut down four of its six Iowa ...