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West Virginia judge blocks pre-Roe v. Wade abortion ban
2022.07.18 21:46
Abortion rights activists protest outside the venue of a summit by the conservative group ‘Moms For Liberty’ in Tampa, Florida, U.S. July 16, 2022. REUTERS/Octavio Jones
(Reuters) – A West Virginia judge on Monday blocked officials from enforcing a 19th-century ban on abortions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 decision Roe v. Wade that recognized the right of women nationally to terminate pregnancies.
The decision by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tera Salango clears the way for the state’s lone abortion clinic to resume services, which it suspended out of fear of prosecution following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling.
