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Judge permanently halts 24-hour abortion waiting period, reversal law

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Pool photo by John Hanna, Associated Press. District Judge Christopher Jayaram hears oral arguments on the constitutionality of state abortion law.

(Developing: Will be updated as warranted)

A Johnson County judge who was just appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court has permanently blocked the state’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions as well as a recent law requiring physicians to notify women that their drug-induced abortion can be reversed.

He also blocked portions of state law requiring abortion clinics to ask women why they are getting an abortion as well as other provisions of state law requiring providers to describe to patients the risks related to the procedure such as premature birth or breast cancer.

The law required the . . .

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