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Federal judge blocks two abortion laws in Alabama
Source: Reuters
U.S. | Fri Oct 28, 2016 | 4:07am EDT
Federal judge blocks two abortion laws in Alabama
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday blocked abortion restrictions in Alabama that limit how close clinics can be to public schools and ban a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester.
Judge Myron Thompson in the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama issued a preliminary injunction, ruling that the laws are likely to be found unconstitutional, according to online court records.
The school-proximity law bans clinics within 2,000 feet of a K-8 public school.
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Thompson wrote that Alabama's law restricting an abortion method commonly performed in the second trimester of a pregnancy, known as dilation and evacuation, also places an undue burden on women.
The law requires the doctor stop the heart of the fetus before abortion, an "inadequately studied, potentially risky procedure," he wrote.
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Federal judge blocks two abortion laws in Alabama
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday blocked abortion restrictions in Alabama that limit how close clinics can be to public schools and ban a procedure used to terminate pregnancies in the second trimester.
Judge Myron Thompson in the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama issued a preliminary injunction, ruling that the laws are likely to be found unconstitutional, according to online court records.
The school-proximity law bans clinics within 2,000 feet of a K-8 public school.
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Thompson wrote that Alabama's law restricting an abortion method commonly performed in the second trimester of a pregnancy, known as dilation and evacuation, also places an undue burden on women.
The law requires the doctor stop the heart of the fetus before abortion, an "inadequately studied, potentially risky procedure," he wrote.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-alabama-abortion-idUSKCN12S0T4