Abortions in Louisiana Continue After Judge Blocks State Ban

A Louisiana judge on Thursday blocked a state law banning abortions, allowing the state’s three clinics to continue providing services while the challenge goes to trial.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) is expected to appeal the three-page order from Judge Don Johnson of Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District.

Johnson’s ruling was critical to ensuring access to healthcare services for Louisiana women, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Joanna Wright of Boies Schiller Flexner, LLP said in an emailed statement.

“We are prepared to prove our case and hope to obtain a final ruling that the trigger bans are unconstitutional and cannot ...