“A federal judge blocked Alabama’s near-total ban on abortions on Tuesday, stopping the legislation from taking effect next month,” the New York Times reports.
“The ruling, an early step in a legal confrontation that critics of abortion orchestrated to try to reach the United States Supreme Court, ensured that abortion services would remain available in the state, at least for now.”


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