World IN BRIEF : GERMANY : Liberal Abortion Law Is Delayed
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Germany’s highest court blocked a liberal abortion law that was due to have come into force today. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe approved a request for a preliminary injunction stopping the law from taking effect. The request came from 241 conservative members of Parliament, including Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and from the mainly Roman Catholic state of Bavaria. The court will make a final ruling in the fall on the law.
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