Meanwhile, the judge in the case rejected defendants’ request to delay the next hearing in the case.
The new law permits abortions through 12 weeks of pregnancy, but blocks the procedure with exceptions afterward.
U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles issued a June 30 order temporarily blocking one portion of the law, labeled the “IUP Documentation Requirement” in court paperwork. That section of the law requires doctors to document an intrauterine pregnancy when using abortion drugs….”