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Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban

FILE - The outside of Louisville's Planned Parenthood is shown on April 14, 2022. A judge cleared the way Thursday, June 30, for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state’s near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, File)

FILE - Community members gather to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade and Kentucky's trigger law to ban abortion, at Circus Square Park in Bowling Green, Ky., on Saturday, June 25, 2022. A judge cleared the way Thursday, June 30, for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state’s near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. (Grace Ramey/Daily News via AP, File)

Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban