In a split decision, the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that blocked the state’s six-week abortion ban.
The Court split 3-3, allowing the ruling from an Iowa district court to stand, which blocked the ban before Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overruled Roe v. Wade.
“To say that today’s lack of action by the Iowa Supreme Court is a disappointment is an understatement,” Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds said in a statement. “Not only does it disregard Iowa voters who elected representatives willing to stand up for the rights of unborn children, but it has sided with a single judge in a single county who struck down Iowa’s legislation based on principles that now have been flat-out rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.”
