New Orleans, June 29 (RHC)-- Judges in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Utah have temporarily blocked statewide abortion bans from taking effect following last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Wade. 

New Orleans, June 29 (RHC)-- Judges in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Utah have temporarily blocked statewide abortion bans from taking effect following last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Roe v. Wade. 

Earlier this week, a judge in New Orleans sided with reproductive rights groups who argued Louisiana’s “trigger law” ban on abortions was unconstitutionally vague. Meanwhile, a judge in Salt Lake City on Monday granted a two-week stay of Utah’s “trigger law” abortion ban after Planned Parenthood sued to block it.

In the U.S. state of Texas, a Harris County judge heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by abortion providers who want to block a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban from taking effect.  The law, which has not been enforced for nearly a half-century, criminalizes anyone performing an abortion or assisting in one.