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Friday, October 10, 2003

Federal judge blocks Missouri abortion delay law
The DeMotte Family at 3:03 PM ET

Two days after announcing what he would do, Senior US District Judge Scott O. Wright has issued a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of a new Missouri law requiring a 24-hour waiting period for abortions. The law had been the subject of a suit by Planned Parenthood, which had argued that the statute was "unconstitutional, because it replaces existing law with confusing, overly broad and ambiguous provisions, with which abortion providers must comply in order to obtain informed consent." Read a Planned Parenthood press release. A full hearing is scheduled for January 27.



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