Alabama Federal Judge Overules Two Anti-Abortion Laws

A federal judge is dealing a double blow to anti-abortion lawmakers in Alabama. Judge Myron Thompson is striking down two restrictions to women seeking abortions in the state. One is a limit to how close abortion clinics can be to public schools. The other is a ban on a procedure to terminate pregnancies in the third trimester. The double ruling is a blow to abortion opponents who are criticized for enacting laws to chip away at the Roe V. Wade decision legalizing a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy.