States are including abortion bans in their coronavirus legislation. Judges struck them down in Ohio and Alabama — but Texas is keeping its ban in place.

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• Federal judges in Alabama and Ohio have blocked temporary bans on abortion until April 13. 
• Abortion rights advocates praised the decisions. Two other states, Iowa and Oklahoma, are currently facing legal challenges for ordering abortions temporarily suspended.
• "Everyone deserves to have access to safe, timely care and a delay of only a few weeks can make abortion completely inaccessible," said Chrisse France, executive director of Preterm, an abortion clinic in Ohio.
• The situation may not hold for long. A federal judge blocked Texas's ban on Monday but was overruled by an appeals court judge on Tuesday.
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Reproductive rights advocates claimed victory Monday when federal judges in Alabama and Ohio handed down decisions rejecting the three states' temporary bans on abortions, which had been deemed "nonessential" during the coronavirus epidemic. The stoppages are in effect until April 13.

Advocates in Texas had, for a short while, declared a similar victory when a federal judge rejected the state's ban. But a federal appeals court judge blocked that decision on Tuesday.

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