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US judges halt abortion bans in Kentucky and Florida

Activists demonstrate for abortion rights in Washington, DC on June 30, 2022 [File: J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

US judges have temporarily blocked abortion bans in Florida and Kentucky following the US Supreme Court ruling that eliminated constitutional protections for abortion rights last week.

Circuit Court Judge John Cooper on Thursday granted a petition from abortion rights groups in Florida to freeze a state law that would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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