Louisiana’s abortion ban is prevented from being enforced for a second time after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order late Tuesday.
Judge Donald Johnson in Baton Rouge granted the temporary restraining order and set a hearing on July 18 at 8:30 a.m. CT for both sides to argue the case.
Kathaleen Pittman, director of the Hope Medical Group for Women, told The Associated Press on July 12 after Johnson’s order that the clinic is ready to resume abortions.
Louisiana’s two other clinics are in the capital, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans. It was unclear as of late Tuesday whether these two clinics will reopen at least until the July 18 hearing….