JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to reconsider the constitutionality of a law that would shutter Mississippi's last abortion clinic, blocking the law from taking affect.
A three-judge panel from the 5th Circuit ruled 2-1 against the 2012 law in July, agreeing with the Jackson Women's Health Organization that the law placed an "undue burden" on women attempting to get an abortion. Attorney General Jim Hood had filed papers on behalf of the state asking the full federal court to lift the injunction.