Louisiana Abortion Litigation

<span style="font-weight: 400;">A federal court in Louisiana <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/abortionlitigation.pdf"><strong>refused</strong></a> to stay discovery in a dispute challenging the constitutionality of legislation affecting abortion services in the state, including a law that prohibits dilation and evacuation abortion procedures. </span>

BATON ROUGE, La. – A federal court in Louisiana refused to stay discovery in a dispute challenging the constitutionality of legislation affecting abortion services in the state, including a law that prohibits dilation and evacuation abortion procedures.

While a pending Supreme Court ruling in a case challenging a similar law in Texas may substantially affect the outcome of the Louisiana litigation, that law is only one of many challenged in this case, the court finds.

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