Judge Delays Ban on Abortion Procedure
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The state’s new ban on a controversial abortion procedure known by critics as partial-birth abortion was put on hold when a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order sought by abortion-rights supporters. The state did not oppose the order because Republican Gov. Christine Todd Whitman decided not to defend the law, which was enacted over her veto. U.S. District Judge Anne E. Thompson made the order effective until a hearing Dec. 24.
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