- The conservative states of Texas, Idaho, and Tennessee began implementing the rule on Thursday.

- A US Judge Blocks A Law That Banned Almost All Abortions

A judge blocks the anti-abortion law in North Dakota a day before it goes into effect

A judge blocks the anti-abortion law in North Dakota a day before it goes into effect

A judge in North Dakota (USA) blocked this Thursday the law that would ban abortion in that northern state of the country, just one day before it had entered into force.

Justice Bruce Romanick sided with the abortion clinic that filed the lawsuit against the state and blocked the law from taking effect while the case is resolved, arguing that otherwise "significant harm" would occur to the plaintiffs.

The conservative states of Texas, Idaho, and Tennessee began implementing laws on Thursday that almost completely ban abortion and, in some cases, establish punishments of up to life in prison for doctors who practice it.

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It is a new step in the war against abortion that has been waged at the state level since the US Supreme Court in June withdrew federal protections for that right, which has already left more than 20.9 million women of reproductive age without access to this procedure.

The new laws do not change the reality on the ground in Texas, Idaho, and Tennessee, which already banned abortions at six weeks of pregnancy and where most clinics stopped providing such services after the Supreme Court ruling.

However, they do establish or increase fines and prison sentences for medical personnel, in an attempt to intimidate them, according to abortion advocacy organizations.

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