 Iowa's Supreme Court tells a lower court to allow a strict abortion law to go into effect. Correspondent Shelley Adler reports. Iowa's top court has reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the state's strict abortion law, which means the law will now take effect. In a 4-3 ruling, the state's Supreme Court told the lower court to dissolve the temporary injunction and continue with further proceedings. The new law bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.