The temporary injunction stems from a lawsuit filed by the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and the Emma Goldman Clinic.
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A judge in Iowa blocked the enforcement of a six-week abortion ban—signed into law by Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds just days earlier—on Monday, meaning abortion in the state will remain legal up to 20 weeks of pregnancy while legal challenges play out.Key Facts
Polk County District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin heard a legal challenge to the policy from the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa, Planned Parenthood North Central States and the Emma Goldman Clinic on Friday—the same day Reynolds signed the abortion bill—but didn’t make a decision on an injunction then, saying he would take the issue under advisement.
On Monday, he issued a temporary injunction, saying the decision relied on the “undue burden” test—which requires that laws don’t create a significant obstacle to abortion—and that under that standard he determined “abortion advocates are likely right to say the new law violates Iowans’ constitutional rights,” the Associated Press reported.
