Abortion in Iowa is legal again for the moment after a judge blocks new restrictions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The ruling Monday does specify that while the law is temporarily paused, the state's Board of Medicine should proceed with creating rules for enforcement, as the law specifies.
47% : More than a dozen states have bans with limited exceptions and one state, Georgia, bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected.
45% : That means abortion is once again legal in Iowa up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while the courts assess the new law's constitutionality.
45% : Iowa Republicans pass ban on most abortions after 6 weeksThere are limited circumstances under the law that would allow for abortion after the point in a pregnancy where cardiac activity is detected: rape, if reported to law enforcement or a health provider within 45 days; incest, if reported within 145 days; if the fetus has a fetal abnormality "incompatible with life;" or if the pregnancy is endangering the life of the pregnant woman.
42% : Seidlin specified that his ruling today hinges on the "undue burden" test, which is an intermediate level of scrutiny that requires laws do not create a significant obstacle to abortion.
40% : "We are also acutely aware that the relief is only pending further litigation and the future of abortion in Iowa remains tenuous and threatened."

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