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 ...

An Iowa law that bans abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy will go into effect Monday, July 29, at 8 a.m. On Tuesday, a district court judge filed a motion to dissolve the temporary ...

New Iowa laws on issues from transgender civil rights protections to changes to Iowa’s unemployment insurance tax system officially took effect last week.

Nebraskans voted to cement an abortion ban beyond the first trimester into the state constitution, the number of abortions ...

The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and ...

The Supreme Court allowed South Carolina to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from its state Medicaid program, even though ...

Twenty-nine closures were in states where abortion is now banned at all stages of pregnancy. Eleven were in states where it's banned at about six weeks' gestation, before many women realize they're ...

Anti-abortion advocates gathered at the Iowa State Capitol Building Saturday for the annual Iowa March for Life.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on ...