The Iowa Supreme Court overruled a 2018 decision that shielded abortion under the state’s constitution, a move that removes guardrails from lawmakers who seek to ban future abortions in the state.
“All we hold today is that the Iowa Constitution is not the source of a fundamental right to an abortion necessitating a strict scrutiny standard of review for regulations affecting that right,” the court ruled.
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