Subject: Fetal heartbeat lawsuit: Iowa judge considers letting anti-abortion group join case Sat Aug 18, 2018 1:37 am
Lawyers for groups suing over Iowa's fetal heartbeat abortion law agreed with the state on one thing Friday: They don't want a third group to join the lawsuit. A Polk County judge heard arguments Friday over whether an anti-abortion group should be able to join the suit, which is challenging the constitutionality of the law that would ban nearly all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually around six weeks into a pregnancy. The law is blocked from taking effect until the lawsuit is resolved.