Balanced News: Iowa judge blocks effort to ban most abortions in the state

DES MOINES, Iowa — An effort to ban most abortions in Iowa was blocked Monday by a state judge who upheld a court decision made three years ago. Current state law bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but Reynolds asked the courts to reverse the 2019 decision that blocked a bill she had signed into law the previous year. Reynolds argued that because of decisions earlier this year by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Iowa Supreme Court that found woman have no constitutional right to abortion, the Iowa judge should reverse the 2019 decision blocking the abortion law.