Iowa Supreme Court Says State Constitution Does Not Protect Abortion Rights

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The Daily Wire

Virginia Kruta

Jun 17, 2022

The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a four-year-old decision on Friday, ruling that the state’s constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.

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The Iowa court, which has shifted to the Right in recent years, overturned a 2018 decision stating that abortion was a protected fundamental right under the state constitution’s due process clause. The ruling also struck down a law that would have imposed a 72-hour waiting period for all abortions.

Friday’s ruling came pursuant to a 2020 law that would enact a 24-hour waiting period — a statute that was blocked by a lower court until Friday.

“Although we overrule (the 2018 decision), and thus reject the proposition that there is a fundamental right to an abortion in Iowa’s Constitution subjecting abortion regulation to strict scrutiny, we do not at this time decide what constitutional standard should replace it,” Justice Edward Mansfield wrote in the majority opinion, noting that the 2018 ruling “insufficiently recognizes that future human lives are at stake.”

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Planned Parenthood to Stop Performing Abortions in Wisconsin

Katherine Hamilton

20 Jun 2022

Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin will stop performing abortions after June 25, as the nation awaits a decision from the Supreme Court that could overrule Roe v. Wade, ABC affiliate WISN reported.

If the Supreme Court nullifies its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which ruled that abortion is a right protected by the U.S. Constitution, Wisconsin’s 1849 law prohibiting abortion will go back into effect. The law only allows abortion if the woman’s life is at risk. In response, Planned Parenthood is suspending appointments and directing facilities out of state, according to the report.

“We’re looking at all our legal options that are available. We also have to look at the landscape of who is making decisions in Wisconsin, and what we want is to ensure abortion access in Wisconsin forever,” said Tanya Atkinson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

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OMG Birthing Persons will have to travel out of state to poison, chop up, and sell the body part of their unborn children.  That's just Soooo unfair.

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"No one will be prosecuted": AG Ellison says abortion rights are protected in Minnesota

Marielle Mohs

June 21, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS -- As the nation waits for the Supreme Court to rule on Roe v. Wade, Minnesota is working to get ahead of any decision. That means being ready if the court does decide to overturn that 1973 decision that makes abortion legal in all 50 states.

Minnesota and Illinois are the only states in the upper Midwest that where abortion rights are solid in their constitutional law, and would see no change to abortion access should the ruling be overturned. A federal law falling will not change anything in either state.

However, Minnesota is preparing for an Influx of people coming to the state for reproductive care.

Attorney General Keith Ellison, the president of the upper Midwest region of Planned Parenthood, and a law professor from Mitchell Hamline all spoke Tuesday morning about the state's plans.

Sarah Stoesz, the regional president of Planned Parenthood, said they are increasing staff and their physical footprint right now to prepare for more patients coming from other states for abortions. She says they've already stopped abortions appointments in South Dakota, which has a trigger law in place, which means there's an automatic state abortion ban that goes into place if the federal right is overturned.

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