Iowa Supreme Court

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said Friday she is working on a constitutional amendment to ensure children are not forced to face their abusers while testifying against them in court.

Iowa’s law banning most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy took effect Monday morning at 8 a.m. following an Iowa Supreme Court decision in June that found the law to be constitutional.

An Iowa law that bans abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy will go into effect Monday, July 29, at 8 a.m. On Tuesday, a district court judge filed a motion to dissolve the temporary injunction after the Iowa Supreme Court denied abortion providers’ request reconsider its decision to uphold a law.

The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a law that will ban abortion at around six weeks of pregnancy can take effect.

A lawsuit alleging that State Auditor Rob Sand violated Iowa’s public records law can continue after the Iowa Supreme Court issued an opinion Friday directing a lower court to hold further proceedings to determine if the auditor’s office illegally withheld some emails.

The state asked the Iowa Supreme Court Thursday to let Iowa’s law that bans abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy take effect, as lawyers for abortion providers argued the law is unconstitutional and must be permanently blocked.

Chief Justice Susan Christensen says a lack of pay increases has resulted in fewer attorneys applying for open seats on the bench.

The head of a conservative law firm argued before the Iowa Supreme Court Thursday that the Democratic state auditor violated the public records law by refusing to release certain emails.

The court affirmed the hate crime conviction of a man who posted hand-written notes at homes with rainbow flags and emblems.

Abortion is still legal in Iowa a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy. But just like this time last year, it’s not clear how long that will last. An Iowa Supreme Court order this month left only one thing certain—Republican lawmakers will try again to restrict abortion.