The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban, the latest legal blow as the state tries to restrict abortion
None of the bans passed by Mississippi and eight other states this year restricting abortion past a certain point in pregnancy have gone into effect, with most of them having been blocked by federal judges."States may regulate abortion procedures prior to viability so long as they do not impose an undue burden on the woman's right, but they may not ban abortions," US Appeals Court Judge Patrick Higginbotham wrotein the ruling Friday night."The law at issue is a ban.
CNN has reached out to Bryant's office for comment Friday night.Read MoreThe Center for Reproductive Rights, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of health care providers, praised the ruling on what it called"the first of the recent bans to reach a federal appellate court.
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