Judge blocks sections of Florida law from going into effect today

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction, blocking a new law that places restrictions on abortion clinics in Florida.

In Florida, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle issued a stay on portions of an abortion law late Thursday. Lawmakers can not use bogus, junk science claims to justify laws designed exclusively to make it harder for a woman to access constitutionally-protected abortion care.

Planned Parenthood is pleased with Perry’s decision but doubtful the case is over, said Thomas Clay, the organization’s attorney.

“Given these two decisions, we are even more hopeful the Florida Supreme Court will halt any future enforcement of Florida’s 24-hour wait requirement”.

Planned Parenthood chose not to challenge another part of the law that increasing surgical standards for abortion clinics and requiring physicians to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

Hinkle in his ruling said the provision is “based not on any objection to how the funds are being spent… but exclusively because the recipients of the funds choose to provide abortions separate and apart from any public funding”.

Under the law Pratt ruled against, children who had same-sex parents were viewed as “nothing more than a stepchild” of the parent not listed on a birth certificate, Celestino-Horseman said.

Jack Ames gets his “Stop Abortion Now” sign blocked by a women holding a “Keep Abortion Legal” sign during a protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., December 4, 2002. PPINK and the American Civil Liberties Union of IN sued the state IN April, saying the law is unconstitutional and violates women’s privacy rights.

“The governor will continue to stand for the sanctity of human life in all stages, for the compassionate and safe treatment of women faced with an enormously hard decision, and for the rights of citizens to determine appropriate medical safety standards and procedures through their elected representatives”, she said.

North Dakota’s Republican-led Legislature passed a measure in 2013 that blocks abortions based on unwanted gender or a genetic defect.

Planned Parenthood said on its website that federal tax dollars haven’t funded abortions, only in rare occasions.