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A Legal Dispute Over Mississippi’s Abortion Ban Is Getting Red Hot

Kevin Daley  –  A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Friday that struck down a Mississippi law that banned abortions after 15 weeks.  –  Judge James Ho wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment and said he was “deeply troubled” at the lower court’s handling…

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Missouri Law Banning Abortion After 8 Weeks

Mary Margaret Olohan A federal judge temporarily blocked the passage of a Missouri law Tuesday banning abortions after eight weeks. Judge Howard Sachs said in his 11-page opinion that the Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act, or H.B. 126, cannot be allowed to go into effect on Aug. 28, as was previously scheduled, according to CNN. “The…