Driving the news: "All we hold today is that the Iowa Constitution is not the source of a fundamental right to an abortion necessitating a strict scrutiny standard of review for regulations affecting that right," the court ruled.

State of play: Friday's ruling, made by a predominantly Republican group of justices, reverses a 2018 decision by the court saying the right to seek abortions was protected under the state's constitution.

The ruling comes after the state appealed a lower court decision in 2020 that challenged a law requiring a 24-hour waiting period for people in Iowa seeking abortions, Iowa Public Radio reports.

Since the 2018 ruling, Iowa lawmakers have faced increased hurdles trying to restrict abortions in the state, Axios' Linh Ta reports.