The White House calls the ruling 'an important step' to restoring Texas women's constitutional rights.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked a controversial new law in Texas that effectively bans women from having an abortion in the state.
Judge Pitman, of Austin, wrote in an 113-page opinion that, from the moment the law came into effect on 1 September, "women have been unlawfully prevent from exercising control over their lives in ways that are protected by the Constitution".
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