By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS updated 7/1/2012 8:41:53 PM ET

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a Mississippi law that could shut down the only abortion clinic in the state.

U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan in Jackson issued a temporary restraining order Sunday, hours after the new law took effect. He set a July 11 hearing to determine whether to block the law for a longer time. Mississippi's only abortion clinic sues to stay open The law requires everyone who performs abortion at the clinic to be an OB-GYN with privileges to admit patients to a local hospital.


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