On Friday, Iowa’s Republican governor signed a strict new abortion ban into law. Until Monday afternoon, when a district judge put the ban on hold. Joseph Seidlin, a district court judge in Polk County, said that the new ban would be suspended while the larger legal case against it moved forward. That means that abortion in Iowa is once again legal up to around 22 weeks of pregnancy, at least for now. “We are also acutely aware that the relief is only pending further litigation and the future of abortion in Iowa remains tenuous and threatened.”

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Persons: Joseph Seidlin, ’ ’, Abbey, Emma Goldman, ” Organizations: Iowa’s Republican, American Civil Liberties Union, Abbey Hardy, Emma Goldman Clinic Locations: Iowa, Polk County, Fairbanks