Louisiana Loses Bid to Revive Abortion Doctor Law, for Now (1)

Louisiana must wait to learn if it can revive a law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at hospitals near their clinics, the Fifth Circuit said Wednesday.

The appeal was prematurely filed, as a federal trial court hasn’t yet issued a final order on the state’s motion to vacate an injunction that’s been in place for more than five years, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said in an opinion dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

The district court’s initial denial of Louisiana’s motion, and its subsequent denial of a motion for ...