Six-week abortion ban in Iowa takes effect

The Iowa Supreme Court disagreed and rejected the suit last month in a 4-3 ruling.

The state’s Republican governor, Kim Reynolds, who signed the bill into law, hailed the top court’s decision at the time as “a victory for life”.

“There is nothing more sacred and no cause more worthy than protecting innocent unborn lives,” she wrote in a statement.

But polls show that nearly two-thirds of Iowans believe abortion should be legal in most or all cases, external.

With the November general election barely three months away, Democrats are hoping to rally voters around support for abortion rights.

“This morning, more than 1.5 million women in Iowa woke up with fewer rights than they had last night because of another Trump Abortion Ban,” Vice-President Kamala Harris, the party’s expected presidential candidate, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Ms Harris has promised to restore reproductive rights.

Donald Trump, the Republican candidate, has said he is “proudly the person responsible” for ending Roe, arguing the issue of abortion should be decided by individual states.

Since Roe’s repeal, 22 states have enacted restrictions – affecting more than one in three American women – despite their widespread unpopularity.