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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Iowa's ban on nearly all abortions as early ... Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds calls the law, quote, "a victory for life." Anti-abortion rights supporters like Maggie DeWitte, the executive ...

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled last month that the Republican-backed law could be ... enforcement of the ban would be dissolved at 8 a.m. local time on Monday. Until then, abortion had been legal ...

It found 37% of Iowans favor the new law, and 5% are not sure. This latest Iowa Poll is the first test of Iowans’ views on abortion since the state’s six-week ban went into effect July 29.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD ESTIMATES THE LAW WILL BAN 97 TO 98% OF ABORTIONS ... WHETHER THERE IS INTEREST TO PAS An Iowa judge has ruled the state's strict abortion law will take effect Monday ...

The Iowa law bans abortions after cardiac activity ... She celebrated the six-week abortion ban becoming enforceable after many years of being enjoined in the legal system.