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Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Anti-Abortion Law

HeadlineMay 20, 2013

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a recent Arkansas law banning abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy. The ban was scheduled to take effect in August. But on Friday, Judge Susan Webber Wright issued a preliminary injunction pending a final ruling on its legality.

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