Judge blocks enforcement of Iowa abortion ban days after signed into law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The order means abortion -- for now -- remains legal in Iowa up until 20 weeks of pregnancy.
50% : The order means abortion -- for now -- remains legal in Iowa up until 20 weeks of pregnancy.
47% : The law took immediate effect Friday after Seidlin rejected a request from the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Dr. Sarah Traxler to immediately block enforcement.
47% : The law took immediate effect Friday after Seidlin rejected a request from the Emma Goldman Clinic in Iowa City, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Dr. Sarah Traxler to immediately block enforcement.
45% : "The status quo is precisely the thing that the state believes is harmful."While the Iowa Supreme Court last year held the Iowa Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right to abortion subject to strict scrutiny, Seidlin wrote "the current state of the law in Iowa remains, at least for the time being, that some level of constitutional protection applies to women seeking abortion in Iowa, requiring an undue burden standard for analysis."
45% : "The status quo is precisely the thing that the state believes is harmful."While the Iowa Supreme Court last year held the Iowa Constitution does not guarantee a fundamental right to abortion subject to strict scrutiny, Seidlin wrote "the current state of the law in Iowa remains, at least for the time being, that some level of constitutional protection applies to women seeking abortion in Iowa, requiring an undue burden standard for analysis."
44% : In the wake of Iowa and U.S. Supreme Court rulings reversing a fundamental right to abortion, Assistant Iowa Attorney General Daniel Johnston argued a new "rational basis" test now applies in court.
44% : The law took immediate effect Friday after Seidlin rejected a request from attorneys for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and Emma Goldman Clinic of Iowa City to immediately block enforcement.
44% : In the wake of Iowa and U.S. Supreme Court rulings reversing a fundamental right to abortion, Assistant Iowa Attorney General Daniel Johnston argued a new "rational basis" test now applies in court.
43% :District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin granted a request from Iowa abortion providers to halt enforcement of the new restrictions until its constitutionality can be considered by the courts.
41% : During her remarks, Reynolds called abortion "the most important human rights cause of our time."
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."
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."
37% : During her remarks, Reynolds called abortion "the most important human rights cause of our time.""In their own words, the abortion industry stressed the need for a temporary injunction so they could continue with 200 scheduled abortions in the next two weeks," Reynolds said in statement Monday responding to the court order.
37% : During her remarks, Reynolds called abortion "the most important human rights cause of our time.""In their own words, the abortion industry stressed the need for a temporary injunction so they could continue with 200 scheduled abortions in the next two weeks," Reynolds said in statement Monday responding to the court order.
34% : District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin -- who was appointed by Reynolds -- granted a request from Iowa abortion providers to halt enforcement of the new restrictions until its constitutionality can be considered by the courts.
34% : District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin -- who was appointed by Reynolds -- granted a request from Iowa abortion providers to halt enforcement of the new restrictions until its constitutionality can be considered by the courts.
27% : A Polk County District Court judge temporarily blocked enforcement Monday of a new law signed just days earlier by Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds that would ban the vast majority of abortions in the state.
27% : A Polk County District Court judge temporarily blocked enforcement Monday of a new law signed just days earlier by Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds that would ban the vast majority of abortions in the state.

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