What Iowa City-area lawmakers are saying as Iowa Supreme Court allows 6-week abortion ban

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Friday to remove an injunction blocking enforcement of Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" abortion law, and to remove legal barriers for future abortion restrictions. The law bans most abortions after fetal activity can be detected — about six weeks, with exceptions for incest or to save the life of the mother. Justice Matthew McDermott, writing for the four-person majority, held that laws restricting abortion are only unconstitutional if the state cannot show a "rational basis" for the law. The decision lifts the injunction that had blocked...