The Florida Supreme Court put a temporary block on a 2015 law requiring women to wait 24 hours before getting abortions, but a Tallahassee judge will hold a hearing on a request by opponents to find the law unconstitutional.

February's Supreme Court decision was the second time a majority of justices kept the law, approved by the Republican-dominated Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Scott, from taking effect.

Critics of the law, which would require women to make at least two visits to health care providers before being able to have abortions, argue that the waiting period is an unconstitutional violation of the right to privacy.

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