Alabama's Abortion Ban Blocked by a Federal Judge
Photo: Julie Bennett/Getty A federal judge has blockedAlabama’s ban on abortions, which would have stopped abortion at all stages of pregnancy and criminalized doctors who performed the procedure. The ban, which Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey had signed into law in May, would have gone into effect on Nov. 15. The only exceptions would have been for cases where the mother’s life is at risk, and there would be no concessions for rape or incest....