Louisiana abortion ban still blocked; judge wants more info

SARA CLINE
Associated Press

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Court battles over abortion continue to play out in multiple states. A judge in West Virginia has blocked enforcement of the state’s 150-year-old abortion ban. Meanwhile, in Louisiana, a judge is keeping in effect, for now, a ruling that keeps that state’s authorities from enforcing a ban on most abortions. At a Monday morning hearing on a lawsuit challenging the Louisiana abortion ban, a judge in Baton Rouge asked both sides to file more documents by Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, a ruling Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court moved the state of Indiana closer to being able to enforce a parental notification law involving girls who get abortions before they turn 18.