Mon Jun 20, 2022 – 3:29 pm EDT
DES MOINES (LifeSiteNews) – The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that there is no “right” to abortion in the state constitution, paving the way for new pro-life laws if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
On June 17, with the U.S. Supreme Court considering whether to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Iowa Supreme Court declared that there is no “right to an abortion” in the Iowa Constitution.
“The Iowa Constitution is not the source of a fundamental right to an abortion necessitating a strict scrutiny standard of review for regulations affecting that right,” Justice Edward Mansfield wrote in the 182-page opinion.
The Iowa Supreme Court opinion states that a Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade “could decide whether the undue burden test continues to govern federal constitutional analysis of abortion rights.”
RELATED: South Dakota becomes abortion-free as Planned Parenthood closes state’s last facility
“We expect the opinions in that case will impart a great deal of wisdom we do not have today,” it continued. “Although we take pride in our independent interpretation of the Iowa Constitution, often our independent interpretations draw on and contain exhaustive discussions of both majority
The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at LifeSite News
The views expressed in this news alert by the author do not directly represent that of The Official Street Preachers or its editors