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Judges in Louisiana and Utah have temporarily blocked their states' trigger laws banning abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court’sdecision to overturnRoe v. Wadelast week, according to multiple reports.
Since the decision, states such as Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri and South Dakota have alreadybanned abortionafterputting “trigger bans” in placethat governors enacted after the Supreme Court ruling.
Louisiana, which was also expected to be part of this group, is exempt for now, with Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Robin Giarrusso having granted a temporary restraining order to block the ban on Monday. A spokesperson for the Orleans Parish Civil District Court confirmed the news to PEOPLE Tuesday, and said that Giarrusso had no comment.
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In Utah’s case, the state’s Third District Judge Andrew Stone grantedPlanned Parenthood Association of Utah’s request for a 14-day temporary restraining order to block the ban on Monday.
“I think the immediate effects that will occur outweigh any policy interests of the state in stopping abortions immediately,” Stone said following the decision, according toThe Salt Lake Tribune. “Doctors here are threatened with felonies. The affected women are deprived of safe, local medical treatments to terminate pregnancies.”
“There is irreparable harm,” he also reportedly said.
Stone’s chambers did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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During a conversation withMeet the Press' Chuck Todd that aired Sunday, Arkansas Gov.Asa Hutchinsonspoke on his state’sAct 180, which was triggered as a result of the overturning.
As a result of the law, which Hutchinson, 71, previously signed, abortion providers could now be fined up to $100,000 and/or face 10 years in prison. There are no exceptions for rape or incest, even in the case of a minor, with the only exception being if the life of the parent giving birth is in danger.
“Iwould prefer a different outcomethan that, but that’s not the debate today in Arkansas,” Hutchinson replied. “It might be in the future, but for now, the law triggered with only one exception … as you [Todd] said, in the case of the life of the mother,” he said.
source: people.com
