 U.S. women also looked dominant Friday in the 200-meter preliminaries, with Gabby Thomas posting the fastest time in the world this season and Sha'Carri Richardson finishing in second place, only a fraction of a second behind. Brian Mann, NPR News, Eugene, Oregon. Iowa's highest court ruled Friday that a ban on most abortions after about six weeks can now be enforced. Planned Parenthood had filed a lawsuit saying the ban violated citizens' rights under the state constitution. By a vote of four to three, the court rejected that argument.