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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds takes part in a panel discussion during a Republican Governors Association conference on Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. On Monday, July 17, 2023, an Iowa judge temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Reynolds signed the measure into law. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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Abortion in Iowa is legal again, for now, after a judge blocks new restrictions
By HANNAH FINGERHUT - Associated Press
Mon,07/17/23-3:37PM , 119 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa judge on Monday temporarily blocked the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just days after Gov.
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Iowa's governor says that on Friday, she'll sign a bill passed by the state legislature that bans abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. AP correspondent Donna Warder reports. ((Opens with sound))

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Iowa Republicans passed a strict abortion bill last night. A legal challenge was filed by morning
By HANNAH FINGERHUT - Associated Press
Wed,07/12/23-11:18AM , 112 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's new ban on most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy was challenged in court on Wednesday, launching what will likely be a lengthy and emotional legal battle just hours after the Legislature approved it in a
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Pastor Michael Shover of Christ the Redeemer Church in Pella, left, argues with Ryan Maher, of Des Moines, as protestors clashed in the Iowa State Capitol rotunda, while the Iowa Legislature convenes for special session to pass 6-week 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks, governor to sign on Friday
By HANNAH FINGERHUT - Associated Press
Mon,07/10/23-11:18PM , 105 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the night. Gov. Kim Reynolds immediately said in a statement she would sign the bill on Friday.
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Pieper Lewis appears in Polk County court, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. Lewis was resentenced to probation for killing 37-year-old Zachary Brooks in June 2020. Lewis said that she was trafficked to Brooks against her will and sexually assaulted multiple times when she was 15. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Des Moines Register via AP)

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Iowa judge orders continued probation for teen sex trafficking victim who killed her alleged abuser
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Wed,05/31/23-4:55PM , 118 Reads
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A teenage sex trafficking victim who fatally stabbed the man she accused of abusing her was resentenced Wednesday to probation, telling an Iowa judge that she now has a support system to help keep her on track.
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