The Louisiana Supreme Court has rejected state Attorney General Jeff Landry's petition to allow the immediate enforcement of a state law banning almost all abortions.
The majority said the high court would not get involved “at this preliminary stage.”
Landry tweeted afterward:
Last week, an Orleans parish judge blocked the enforcement of Lousiana's “trigger law,” which was set to go into effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The law, first passed in 2006 and updated last month, would prohibit abortions in all cases unless the expectant mother's life is in danger.
For now, elective abortions remain legal in the Pelican State.
Lafayette, Louisiana's Daily Advertiser has more on the next steps in the ongoing legal battle:
That sets the stage for an 11 a.m. Friday hearing in New Orleans Civil District Court under Judge Robin Giarrusso, the judge who on June 27 temporarily blocked Louisiana's abortion ban from taking effect.
Giarrusso will hear arguments on behalf of Shreveport's abortion clinic, Hope Medical Clinic for Women, which filed a lawsuit asking to block the ban, and Republican Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's team, who will argue the trigger law should be allowed to take effect.
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Giarrusso will decide whether to extend her ruling blocking the abortion ban after Friday's hearing.
If she puts a more permanent restraining order in place, the Louisiana Supreme Court will almost certainly hear the case.
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Judge of New Orleans Civil District Court Robin Giarrusso thinks she has the authority to overrule the state elected government, SCOTUS and the U.S. constitution.