This Texas Anti-Abortion Law Was Temporarily Blocked In Federal Court

Texas lawmakers continue to introduce and pass severe abortion restrictions, but a Thursday court ruling offered some news in favor of reproductive rights. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel blocked a law banning dilation and evacuation, a procedure commonly used in second-trimester abortions. The law, set to go into effect today, is now on hold for 14 days. Abortion providers challenging it in court argued that it would deny women access to the "the safest and most common" procedure for...