Block on Iowa’s strict abortion law can be appealed, state Supreme Court says

By HANNAH FINGERHUT
Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court says Gov. Kim Reynolds can appeal a temporary block on the state’s restrictive abortion law. Reynolds announced her intentions to appeal last week and said it was “just a matter of time” before lawyers for the state filed the request. The state high court had to say whether the request could move forward. The Republican-controlled Legislature in July approved the measure to ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The law went into effect days later but the ACLU and others sued, and a judge paused the law while courts assess its constitutionality.