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Abortion ban blocked in W. Va.; Louisiana awaits ruling

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SARA CLINE and LEAH WILLINGHAM
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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Court battles over abortion continue to play out in multiple states in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling reversing abortion rights. A judge in West Virginia on Monday blocked enforcement of that state’s 150-year-old abortion ban. Meanwhile, in Louisiana, a judge is keeping in effect, for now, a ruling that keeps that state’s authorities from enforcing a ban on most abortions. Meanwhile, a ruling Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court moved the state of Indiana closer to being able to enforce a parental notification law involving girls who get abortions before they turn 18.

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