Judge blocks law banning abortion clinics within 2,000 feet of schools [View all]

A federal judge blocked two laws today that would have restricted abortions in Alabama, including one that would prevent clinics from operating within 2,000 feet of public schools.

The other law would ban dilation and evacuation abortions, which are commonly performed in the second trimester.

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson is hearing a challenge to the laws brought by the ACLU of Alabama. Today's ruling blocks the implementation of the laws because they will likely be found unconstitutional.

In his opinion, Thompson wrote that the state's efforts to reduce disruption at schools located near two clinics placed an undue burden on women seeking abortion.

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