A district court judge denied a request by the state Thursday to suspend his decision striking down the state’s abortion ban while the case goes to the North Dakota Supreme Court for appeal. “It would be nonsensical for this Court to keep a law it has found to be unconstitutional in effect pending appeal,

If three Missouri Supreme Court judges had their way, voters would not have a say on whether to legalize abortion statewide on this year’s general election ballot. This November, those voters will have the option to use a power they’ve never used before — to boot two of those judges off the state’s high court.