Anti-abortion leader suggests ousting 3 Iowa Supreme Court justices, echoing removals in 2010

A conservative anti-abortion leader says three Iowa Supreme Court justices should resign, be impeached or be ousted in the wake of a deadlocked decision that prevented a restrictive abortion law from taking effect.

Gov. Kim Reynolds had asked the high court to reinstate a blocked 2018 law that would have banned most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy. The court's 3-3 split on Friday, with one justice recused, means a lower court's ruling keeping the law blocked is the final say on the matter.

The call to remove the justices by Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, a conservative Christian group, echoes a successful 2010 campaign Vander Plaats helped lead to oust three other Iowa Supreme Court justices in the wake of a 2009 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.

"In 2010, Iowans ousted three Iowa Supreme Court justices for disregarding the separation of power," Vander Plaats wrote on Twitter Saturday afternoon. "These three dissenters have shown blatant disrespect for the constitution, the people's representatives and we the people. They should resign, be impeached or be ousted."

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