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    Supreme Court Stops Louisiana Abortion Law From Being Implemented

    The high court effectively blocked the restrictive law pending a decision on whether the court will hear the case. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberal justices for the temporary stay.
    by Nina Totenberg Feb 07, 2019 3 minutes
    Pro-abortion rights activists hold signs alongside anti-abortion-rights activists outside the Supreme Court last month.

    Updated at 10:55 p.m. ET

    The Supreme Court, divided 5-4, has temporarily blocked implementation of a Louisiana abortion law nearly identical to the Texas law the high court struck down in 2016. The court's action, however, is only a pause.

    It allows abortion-rights proponents time to bring an appeal to a newly constituted conservative court majority that may nonetheless be willing to reverse course dramatically on the subject of abortion.

    Chief Justice John Roberts with the court's four liberal justices in voting for the stay. Justices Clarence

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