Challenge of Louisiana abortion rules survives, for now

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined, for now, to grant Louisiana’s request to kill key parts of a lawsuit challenging numerous Louisiana abortion regulations.
But Friday’s ruling from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruling also said abortion rights advocates lack standing to pursue many of their claims. It said a lower court judge’s ruling allowing the entire case to proceed was in error. And the panel reserved the right to recon