Alabama ‘regrettably’ expects injunction on its abortion ban

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama says in a legal filing that U.S. Supreme Court precedent “regrettably requires” a federal judge to block the state’s near-total ban on abortions from taking effect while a challenge plays out in the courts.
Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office filed that response Monday after abortion clinics asked a judge for a preliminary injunction against the law, which would make performing an abortion a felony in almost all cases. One of the