Iowa’s heartbeat law that protects babies from abortions goes into effect next week

The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to rehear a case challenging a law that bans most abortions after six weeks in the state, allowing the pro-life law to take effect July 29, the Iowa-based news outlet reported. the Government Gazette.

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa and the Emma Goldman Clinic requested a review, which was ultimately denied on July 22. the Government Gazette reported.

The pro-abortion groups said in a statement that the Supreme Court’s decision not to rehear the case “will put abortion care in Iowa virtually out of reach.”

According to the U.S. government, abortion was previously legal in Iowa up to about 20 weeks. the Government Gazette. In July 2023, a special state legislature approved a six-week abortion ban, according to a report last year from the Associated Press (AP) The day after the Legislature approved the proposal, several pro-abortion organizations filed a legal challenge to the bill.

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On June 28, the state Supreme Court ruled 4-3 against the pro-abortion appeal in a case challenging the pro-life law, finding the law constitutional.

According to the July 23 report of the Government GazetteLast week, District Judge Jeffrey Farrell lifted the temporary injunction that previously blocked the law from taking effect.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, who signed the pro-life bill into law in 2023, said in a statement after the Supreme Court’s denial of a rehearing of the case that “there is no right more sacred than life, and nothing more worthy of our fiercest defense than the innocent unborn.”

Note from LifeNews: McKenna Snow writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.