JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A judge is scheduled to hear arguments over whether to block a law further defining medical necessity of abortions for purposes of Medicaid funding, pending trial.
Arguments are scheduled for July 8. The law, passed by lawmakers in April, is scheduled to take effect July 16.
A judge has already barred the state from enforcing regulations similar to the law, pending the outcome of trial. The regulations had been adopted - and challenged by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest as unconstitutional - prior to the law’s passage.
Trial in the case has been scheduled for February.
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