Louisiana Judge , Temporarily Blocks Abortion Ban , Following SCOTUS Ruling.<br />Reuters reports that on June 27, Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarrusso temporarily blocked the GOP-led state from enforcing abortion ban laws.<br />Louisiana's laws banning abortion were set to go into effect following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.<br />Louisiana's laws banning abortion were set to go into effect following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.<br />Judge Giarrusso issued the temporary restraining order after one of the state's three abortion clinics, Hope Medical Group for Women, sued.<br />The clinic argues that the state's trigger law bans "lack constitutionally required safeguards to prevent arbitrary enforcement" and violate due process rights granted by the state's constitution.<br />The clinic argues that the state's trigger law bans "lack constitutionally required safeguards to prevent arbitrary enforcement" and violate due process rights granted by the state's constitution.<br />The clinic also contends that the vagueness surrounding the trigger bans has led to <br />conflicting statements at local and state levels.<br />A hearing has been scheduled for July 8.<br />Reuters reports clinics in other states <br />have taken similar measures.<br />On June 25, Planned Parenthood <br />sued over Utah's trigger ban.<br />and abortion rights advocates in Ohio intend to challenge an abortion ban that took effect in the state on June 24.
