Tue Jun 28, 2022 – 6:04 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Judges in Louisiana and Utah have temporarily halted the implementation of trigger laws would ban abortion after the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health that overturned Roe v. Wade, after complaints from pro-abortion groups filed this weekend.
In Louisiana, Democrat judge Robin Giarrusso blocked the state’s trigger law after the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and Boies Schiller Flexner LLP filed a request for emergency relief on behalf of Hope Medical Group and Medical Students for Choice. Giarrusso issued the order Monday. One of three Louisiana abortion clinics confirmed that it will reopen Tuesday as a result of the stay. A hearing has been scheduled for July 8, at which Giarrusso will decide if she will extend the stay.
In a statement released Monday by Hope Medical Group and Medical Students for Choice, the groups said, “In a stunning state of affairs, the day Dobbs was issued, state and local officials issued conflicting statements about whether and which trigger laws were actually in effect and thus what conduct—if any—was prohibited. Due process requires more.”
“There is tremendous urgency around this petition and emergency motion
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