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Iowa supreme court allows six-week abortion ban to take effect

people hold signs in support of abortion rights
Abortion-rights supporters rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on 24 June 2022. Photograph: Charlie Neibergall/AP

Iowa’s state supreme court on Friday told a lower court to let a strict abortion law take effect.

The court’s 4-3 ruling held that the law – which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy – does not violate citizens’ fundamental rights under the state constitution, rejecting a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood.

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