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News Wrap: Iowa Supreme Court upholds 6-week abortion ban

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🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Friday, Iowa's Supreme Court is allowing a law that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, Iran voters cast their ballots for a new president, choosing between three hard-liners and one reformist candidate and the Pentagon announced the temporary pier it built off Gaza has been removed once again amid rough seas. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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In today's other headlines, Iowa Supreme Court is letting a law go into effect that bans

0:05.4

most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

0:09.0

The decision removes a lower court's temporary block on the measure, which was passed with only Republican support

0:15.0

last year.

0:16.2

There are exceptions for rape, incest, or if the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother.

0:21.5

Fourteen states now have near total abortion bans and three

0:24.8

others ban abortions after six weeks. The former police chief for schools in

0:30.0

Yavaldi, Texas, failed to identify the 2022 attack at Rob Elementary School as an active

0:36.1

shooting.

0:37.1

That's according to an indictment unsealed today.

0:39.6

Pete Aradondo was arrested and released last night.

0:42.7

He faces 10 felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child.

0:46.8

The indictment said Erredondo slowed down the response when he directed law enforcement

0:51.4

officers to evacuate the wing before confronting the shooter.

0:55.1

Security footage shows officers retreating as gunfire could be heard down the hall.

1:00.8

19 students and two teachers were killed. the replace the late president Ibrahim Ruyiisi who died in a helicopter crash last month.

1:15.6

Voters are choosing from a tightly controlled group of four candidates loyal to Iran's

1:19.6

Supreme Leader at a time of growing frustration. But voters are still making their voices heard.

1:25.0

Unfortunately, some people think that the president has already been selected but we must vote if I don't

1:34.1

vote someone else would vote and the candidate who is not the best might be

1:37.6

elected unfortunately that would harm the Iranian nation a final result is expected this weekend.

1:44.2

If no candidate receives a clear majority, the top two finishers will advance to a runoff on July 5th.

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