Judge grants injunction in Ark. abortion ban case

[Tx4obama]

Source: AP

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge granted a request Friday to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy.

U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion for preliminary injunction in a lawsuit that the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas and the Center for Reproductive Rights brought on behalf of two Little Rock abortion providers.

The state's Republican-led Legislature enacted the 12-week abortion ban in March by overriding a veto from Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe.

Friday's decision means the ban, which was set to take effect in August, can't be enforced while the lawsuit is pending. A decision about the law's constitutionality is expected later.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/judge-grants-injunction-ark-abortion-ban-case

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Additional articles...

Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas’ Stringent 12-Week Abortion Ban From Taking Effect
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/17/2031091/federal-judge-blocks-arkansas-abortion-ban/

Judge temporarily blocks Arkansas abortion law
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/17/us/arkansas-abortion/index.html

[Hestia]

1. Shame she's retiring - her rulings are very even-handed and just. n/t

[alp227]

2. Judge Wright is a GHW Bush nominee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Webber_Wright

also, according to wikipedia, Wright "received national attention when she dismissed the sexual harassment lawsuit brought by Paula Jones against President Bill Clinton in 1998."