{"id":36748,"date":"2021-06-22T18:46:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36748"},"modified":"2021-06-22T18:46:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T01:46:57","slug":"judge-permanently-blocks-iowa-law-mandating-24-hour-waiting-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36748","title":{"rendered":"Judge permanently blocks Iowa law mandating 24-hour waiting period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Iowa judge has permanently blocked a state law mandating a 24-hour waiting period before getting an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed the measure in question requiring people seeking an abortion to make an additional appointment at least 24 hours before their procedure. Under the legislation, women would have to receive an ultrasound and certain state-mandated information and then wait at least 24 hours before having an abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Just after the state legislature passed the bill, Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/aspsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkmkldl_hmqvccbqbzvwqssnnvmn.html?a=&amp;b=40114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/aspsrvbzlmmncvcmnyhllnsslbngmbmwwplzvtgmkmkldl_hmqvccbqbzvwqssnnvmn.html?a%3D%26b%3D40114&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624488511995000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgGriDoADCo18EeJvFclMZNdcrNw\">filed a lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0to block the measure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ruling:\u00a0<\/strong>In a 28-page ruling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ehtpjvdlqrrfcvcrftbqqfppqdfwrdrkkhqlvzwrsrsqtd_hmqvccbqbzvwqssnnvmn.html?a=&amp;b=40114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ehtpjvdlqrrfcvcrftbqqfppqdfwrdrkkhqlvzwrsrsqtd_hmqvccbqbzvwqssnnvmn.html?a%3D%26b%3D40114&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1624488511995000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxSSpuzZmC292UoVexoAuofxPc4A\">on Monday<\/a>, Judge Mitchell E. Turner found that the law violated the state\u2019s constitution because it was passed as an amendment to an unrelated measure. He also found that the measure was similar to a 72-hour waiting period on abortions that the Iowa Supreme Court struck down in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Turner noted that a review of videos from the Iowa legislature made it clear that the measure violated the single-subject rule of the state\u2019s constitution \u2014 which mandates that an act has to only address one issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon review of both the Iowa Senate and House videos, it is abundantly clear to this Court that what occurred in the Iowa Legislature on June 13th and 14th, 2020 was exactly such \u2018tricks in legislation\u2019 and \u2018mischiefs\u2019 that the single-subject rule exists to prevent,\u201d Turner wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iowa judge has permanently blocked&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36749,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36748\/revisions\/36749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}