{"id":207039,"date":"2019-07-24T09:20:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=207039"},"modified":"2019-07-24T01:18:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T06:18:31","slug":"alabamas-abortion-law-hold-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/alabamas-abortion-law-hold-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama’s abortion law could be on hold until 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alabama\u2019s controversial abortion law may be put on hold until May 2020 while a legal challenge plays out, according to a court filing on the measure.<\/p>\n

The state made headlines in May when it passed a pro-life law outlawing all abortions except in the case when a mother\u2019s life is threatened. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood claim the law, which is scheduled to go into effect on November 15th, is unconstitutional and filed suit<\/a> on May 24th.<\/p>\n

In a joint report filed<\/a> to a judge last week, both sides indicated that if a way forward in the case cannot be resolved by November 15th, they would each ask for a temporary restraining order to block the law until May 24, 2020, one year after the lawsuit was filed. However, both sides disagree about the scope and purpose of discovery, which consists of fact-finding done by means of written interrogatories, requests for documents, and depositions.<\/p>\n

The plaintiffs in the case claim that no due process should be given to the state of Alabama because discovery in this case is \u201cunnecessary and inappropriate\u201d due to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Planned Parenthood v Casey<\/em>. \u201cIt is Plaintiffs\u2019 view that the only relevant fact in this case is undisputed: this law bans pre-viability abortions. No amount of discovery can change this outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n