U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker, sitting in state capital Little Rock, issued a preliminary injunction sought by opponents of the measure, one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the United States. It was due to take effect next Wednesday.
Baker ruled the plaintiffs were likely to prevail on the merits of the case in showing the law posed a "categorically unconstitutional" restriction to a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy before the fetus is considered viable outside of the womb. Like many other abortion restrictions enacted in Republican-led states in recent years, the Arkansas ban is part of a conservative effort to prompt the Supreme Court to roll back Roe v. Wade as the court's balance has tipped further to the right.
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