Court reinstates ban after lengthy legal battle in a decision pro-choice advocates call ‘violation of human rights’
A six-week abortion ban went into effect in Iowa on Monday, cutting off access to the procedure before many women know they are pregnant.
The Republican-dominated Iowa state legislature passed the ban last year, but a lengthy court battle initially stopped it from taking effect. Last month, the Iowa supreme court ruled that the ban could be enforced, leading a lower-court judge to order the ban to take effect at 8am local time.
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