Article 5MEX7 Federal judge blocks Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions

Federal judge blocks Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions

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Law, which was set to take effect on Friday, was approved by Republican-led legislature and signed by Asa Hutchinson

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a law passed in Arkansas that would ban nearly all abortions.

The law, which was set to take effect on Friday, had been approved by Arkansas's Republican-led legislature and signed by the state's Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson.

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