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The judge's order halts enforcement temporarily while lawyers for a north Louisiana clinic and other supporters of abortion rights pursue a lawsuit challenging the legislation.
It's temporarily sidelined due to a clinic's suit seeking to block the bank, which was to take effect in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
The law would ban terminating a pregnancy even in the case of rape or incest.
Abortion advocates with Lift Louisiana and others applauded the order
A Louisiana abortion ban has been blocked once again by a Baton Rouge judge pending Monday hearing on a lawsuit.