Judge strikes down abortion law that would have been country's strictest

Iowa judge says measure, which would ban an abortion after the detection of a fetal heartbeat, violated state constitution

A state judge on Tuesday struck down Iowa’s restrictive “fetal heartbeat” abortion law, which would have been the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the nation.

Judge Michael Huppert found the law unconstitutional, concluding that the Iowa supreme court’s earlier decisions that affirm a woman’s fundamental right to an abortion would cover the new law, passed last year.

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