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Louisianas trigger law was designed to outlaw abortion immediately following the U.S. Supreme Court overturning its Roe v. Wade ruling.

The Louisiana Supreme Court is expected to have the final say over whether the state’s trigger law is too vague.

Court battles over abortion continue to play out in multiple states in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling reversing abortion rights.

The Louisiana Supreme Court is expected to have the final say over whether the state’s trigger law is too vague.

BATON ROUGE -- Court battles prompted by the Supreme Courts June 24 ruling reversing abortion rights played out in multiple states Monday, with a judge in West Virginia blocking that states 150-year-old abortion ban and one in Louisiana frustrating state authorities by leaving an order against enforcement of that states ban in place, for now.

BATON ROUGE -- Court battles prompted by the Supreme Courts June 24 ruling reversing abortion rights played out in multiple states Monday, with a judge in West Virginia blocking that states 150-year-old abortion ban and one in Louisiana leaving an order against enforcement of that states ban in place for now.

A Louisiana judge temporarily paused the state's ban on abortions pending the hearing in a lawsuit that claims the law is unconstitutionally vague.

With access to abortion flickering in Louisiana, the legal battle over the statewide ban continues with a court hearing scheduled to begin Monday morning. State District Judge Donald Johnson issued a temporary order last week blocking enforcement pending the hearing in a lawsuit that claims the state law is unconstitutionally vague. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff…

State District Judge Don Johnson heard arguments Monday in the lawsuit challenging a Louisiana abortion ban.

"She was screaming—not from pain, but from the emotional trauma she was experiencing," the womans doctor wrote in an affidavit.