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The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s decision invalidating an Alabama state law prohibiting dilation and evacuation abortions, the most common second-trimester abortion procedure. Writing for a unanimous panel, Chief Judge Ed Carnes upheld the lower court after reviewing for clear error its decision to invalidate the [...]