(CNN) Federal judges in Alabama, Ohio and Texas have blocked orders banning nonessential medical procedures from limiting abortion access during the coronavirus outbreak, a win for abortion rights activists as the fight over abortion rights intersects with the worsening pandemic . Addressing the complaint filed by Alabama abortion providers and national abortion rights groups earlier Monday, Marshall asserted that it was prompted because "the State refused to grant abortion clinics a blanket exemption." The Alabama ruling was the third decision on Monday pausing state orders that could restrict abortion access. Ohio abortion providers and abortion rights advocates filed a complaint Monday after Ohio Attorney General David Yost's office sent letters earlier this month to three abortion providers directing them to comply with the order. Planned Parenthood and state abortion providers filed four challenges -- in Iowa and Oklahoma -- on Monday against state officials over similar orders.

Source: CNN March 30, 2020 22:25 UTC