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'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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

four states ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, and 14 states have near-total bans at all stages of pregnancy. The law in Iowa and other restrictions across the country will be a ...

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 ...

STARTING MONDAY. PLANNED PARENTHOOD ESTIMATES THE LAW WILL BAN 97 TO 98% OF ABORTIONS IN IOWA AND THEY SAY THEIR PLAN IS TO HELP PATIENTS TRAVEL OUT OF STATE FOR ABORTIONS. LAST WEEK, PLANNED ...

four states ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, and 14 states have near-total bans at all stages of pregnancy. The law in Iowa and other restrictions across the country will be a ...