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 ...

Protestors fill the Iowa State Capitol rotunda, as the Iowa Legislature convenes for special session to pass 6-week 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

Iowa’s law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy took effect Monday morning at 8 a.m. following an Iowa Supreme Court decision in June that found the law to be constitutional.

Although the courts have temporarily blocked Iowa's new 6-week abortion ban, other restrictions around the procedure in the state remain in effect. On Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds asked the Iowa ...

Iowa's ban on nearly all abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy takes effect on Monday. Iowa joins 17 other states that restrict abortions then or earlier.

DES MOINES, Iowa – An Iowa judge has ruled the state's hotly contested six-week abortion ban will officially take effect on July 29, just over a year after Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed it ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new abortion bill into law Friday banning the procedure after six weeks.. It comes after lawmakers held a special session on Tuesday with the "sole purpose" of ...

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 ...

Iowa’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Takes Effect 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.