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On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: Grassley and Ernst on the gun bill, primary absentee voting, Deidre DeJear begins her general election campaigning, and a big abortion ruling.

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or even ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the same court just four years ago .

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — With a staunch anti-abortion Republican governor and large GOP legislative majorities, Iowa would seem poised to ban abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns

A trio of Democrats vying for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination toed the party line on issues including protecting abortion rights and same-sex marriage, but showed their differences on cancelling student debt, expanding the Supreme Court and who offers the best opportunity for winning in November.

Reynolds said the plan is to await the official U.S. Supreme Court ruling and then consider potential abortion restrictions

Chief Justice John Roberts said he had ordered an investigation into what he called the "egregious breach of trust" in leaking the draft document, which was dated in February, to Politico, which published it Monday.

Iowa government officials, political leaders and advocates react to news the U.S. Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade

Recent state Supreme Court rulings ensured abortion access for pregnant women, but Iowa Republicans are working to nullify those rulings

The possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade, thus sending abortion laws and regulations back to the individual states, raises questions about those laws in Iowa.

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision protecting women’s rights to abortion, according to a draft majority opinion circulated inside the court, Politico reported.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Planned Parenthood North Central States has received an unexpected donation of $20 million from billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

The Iowa Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over a 2020 law that introduced a 24-hour waiting period before a person could obtain an abortion in Iowa. In appealing the case, the state is asking the court to overturn a 2018 state Supreme Court ruling that upheld the fundamental right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.

But opinions diverge on other abortion-related bills now moving forward in the Iowa House.

Leaders in Iowa's Republican-led Legislature say they're waiting to see how court cases play out first before taking any further steps to restrict abortion access in the state — an assertion not all Democrats are buying.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday signaled it would uphold Mississippi's 15-week ban on abortion and may go much further to overturn the nationwide right to abortion that has existed for nearly 50 years.