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Gov. Kim Reynolds said asking Iowa courts to reinstate a six-week abortion ban and lower the legal standard for abortion laws are the “next practical steps” after the U.S. Supreme Court and Iowa Supreme Court recently struck down legal protections for abortion rights. She spoke to reporters in Belmond Wednesday for the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned.
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The senator discussed the recent Supreme Court ruling during a stop in Ft. Madison.
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Two recent supreme court rulings—one at the federal level and one in Iowa—have opened the door to more abortion restrictions in the state. Abortion is still legal in Iowa, but it’s not clear how long that’ll last. Abortion opponents are urging state lawmakers to ban abortion, and abortion rights supporters are protesting and promising to fight back.
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Abortion is still legal in Iowa after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion Friday. The Court overturned the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, allowing states to decide how much they want to restrict abortion.
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The Iowa Supreme Court released a decision Friday that effectively overturns the previous 2018 ruling, which established strong legal protections for abortion in the state.
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A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion raises the possibility that Roe V Wade will be overturned after nearly five decades. That has Illinois lawmakers, providers, legal groups and advocates strategizing about what they will do if abortion rights are no longer the law of the land. With the projection of a court sealing Roe’s fate, 26 states are expected to ban abortion, and many of them surround Illinois.
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Democrats in the Illinois Senate on Tuesday night voted to repeal the last remaining abortion restriction on the state's books, while Democrats on a House…
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Two weeks after Texas effectively banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a Democratic state lawmaker in Illinois is proposing a law based on…
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Democrats want to repeal Ilinois' Parental Notification of Abortion Act, seven years after its enforcement began. Abortion opponents are out in force,...
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Tuesday's unseasonably chilly weather did not dampen the spirits of about 30 demonstrators in Macomb. They rallied during the noon hour in support of a…