Matthew McDermott
Matthew McDermott | |
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| Associate Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office April 3, 2020 | |
| Appointed by | Kim Reynolds |
| Preceded by | David Wiggins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Matthew Charles McDermott November 22, 1977 |
| Education | University of Iowa (BA) University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
Matthew Charles McDermott (born November 22, 1977) is an American lawyer who has served an associate justice of the Iowa Supreme Court since 2020.
In 2024, he wrote the majority ruling on the Iowa Supreme Court that implemented a six-week abortion ban. McDermott wrote that the abortion ban was "rationally related to the state’s legitimate interest in protecting unborn life."