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A state Superior Court judge in Georgia overturned a law on Tuesday that banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and once a baby's heartbeat is detected.

A New Orleans-based appeals court ruled that a Texas judge can continue his prayer ceremonies at the start of his courtroom proceedings.

On Monday, a California appeals court ruled that a San Jose church does not have to pay the more than $200,000 in fines it accrued for violating COVID-19 restriction.

A West Virginia judge has blocked the enforcement of the state's 150-year-old abortion ban.

Judges in Louisiana and Utah have issued temporary restraining orders against the trigger laws in their states that would have restricted abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade in the Mississippi v. Dobbs case last Friday.

On Thursday, a federal judge denied the Biden administration's request to block Texas' heartbeat abortion ban.

A federal appeals court that upheld a Texas abortion restriction last week also asked why it is illegal to dismember an animal but permissible to tear apart an unborn baby.

On Sunday, a federal judge dismissed a high-profile lawsuit filed by four female high school runners from Connecticut that sought to prevent transgender girls from participating in sporting events with biological girls.

This week a federal judge ordered a Tennessee school district and its employees not to participate in or promote religion at school or during school-sanctioned activities.

On Tuesday, a California judge declined to issue a restraining order that would shut down Grace Community Church.