Posted on 06/18/2022 7:24:01 AM PDT by Morgana
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or even ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.
The court, now composed almost entirely of Republican appointees, concluded that a less conservative court wrongly decided that abortion is among the fundamental privacy rights guaranteed by the Iowa Constitution and federal law.
Friday's ruling comes amid expectations that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to choose to have an abortion nationwide. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, Iowa lawmakers could ban abortion in the state without completing the lengthy process of amending the state constitution.
The Iowa decision came after the state appealed a lower court ruling in 2020, which stemmed from a lawsuit filed by abortion providers that challenged a law requiring people to wait 24 hours before having an abortion. A judge who struck down the law cited the state high court's 2018 decision, ruling that the choice to have an abortion was a constitutional right in Iowa. The judge also concluded that the law violated rules prohibiting passage of bills with more than one subject.
The state Supreme Court returned the waiting-period case to district court.
In its 2018 ruling, decided by a 5-2 vote, the court said that "autonomy and dominion over one's body go to the very heart of what it means to be free."
The reversal of that decision reflects a dramatic change in the court's structure. Governor Kim Reynolds has named four justices since 2017, and six of the seven people on the court have been appointed by Republican governors.
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Iowanna kill babies......
In 2010, three Iowa Supreme Court Justices failed a retention vote after the court imposed gay ‘marriage’ on the state.
Two justices will face retention votes this year.
Murder has never been enshrined in US Constitutions. Only corrupt Supreme Courts and emasculated executive branches could all this tragedy.
Well duh. What idiot would write that into a constitution?
Imagine if someone did write it into a constitution in the Queen’s English. Imagine what the libtards could twist that into.
Stealing elections has consequences.
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