内容摘要：But Republican Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama said his side is trying to make the health care program work better by rooting out waste and inefficiencies.

But Republican Rep. Gary Palmer of Alabama said his side is trying to make the health care program work better by rooting out waste and inefficiencies.

— can be enforced, a federal judge ruled Monday.U.S. District Court Judge Anne Traum in Nevada said in a written decision that the 40-year-old law can take effect on April 30, but the judge also left open the possibility for abortion rights advocates to seek a court order blocking its reinstatement while they challenge the law’s constitutionality.

The requirement has never before been enforced in Nevada because of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that found it was unconstitutional based on. But after the Supreme Court, stripping away constitutional protections for abortion, a group of district attorneys mostly in rural Nevada sued to restore the 1985 law.

argued that the 1985 law, despite the reversal of Roe, remains “unconstitutionally vague” and that it violates minors’ rights to due process and equal protection.But Traum, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, said in her decision that “whether the statute is unconstitutional for another reason has not been fully litigated nor is that question before the Court in this motion.”

Emailed messages seeking comment Tuesday were left with attorneys for Planned Parenthood.

James Bopp Jr., a lawyer representing some of the district attorneys, told The Associated Press that the law would protect “vulnerable, immature girls from making a decision that has life-altering consequences for themselves.”“Eight miles of pure destruction, at times a mile wide,” Spencer said at a Monday news conference. “We’re talking about thousands of buildings, thousands of families are being displaced.”

The city is awaiting a disaster declaration from the governor’s office as a first step to getting federal assistance.U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, expressed frustration over the federal response to a

“I’m not happy about the fact we’re still waiting from all of that damage two months ago,” Hawley said.Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency Chief David Richardson said last week he plans to