Iowa supreme court allows six-week abortion ban to take effect

Ruling reverses lower court decision that blocked 2023 law, exclusively backed by Republicans, from going into effect

Iowa's state supreme court on Friday told a lower court to let a strict abortion law take effect.

The court's 4-3 ruling held that the law - which bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy - does not violate citizens' fundamental rights under the state constitution, rejecting a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood.