Iowa Supreme Court Divided on Abortion Ban.

Iowa's Supreme Court deadlocked three to three in a contentious abortion case, leaving in place a lower court ruling blocking a 2018 state law that would prohibit most abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. Three justices took up their pens to explain their thinking, showing unusually sharp divisions between members of a court that often rules unanimously even on contentious issues. The justices traded barbs over the legal standard for judging abortion laws, whether Iowa should follow the lead of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as Dobbs, and why the Legislature has not passed a new law.