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REVEALED: Louisiana clinic challenges trigger abortion ban after roe - The Real Truth

Protests have taken place across the United States after the Supreme Court on June 24 overturned the landmark Roe v Wade abortion ruling [File: Kathleen Flynn/Reuters]

A Louisiana judge has temporarily blocked the southern US state from enforcing laws banning abortion that were set to take effect after the United States Supreme Court overturned its landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision last week.

Louisiana is one of 13 states with “trigger laws” designed to ban or severely restrict abortions once Roe, which recognised a right to the procedure nationwide, was overturned.

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