OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's attorney general will not defend in court a new state law requiring health screenings for women seeking abortions, effectively preventing the controversial law from ever going into effect, according to his spokeswoman and court documents filed Wednesday.

Attorney General Jon Bruning agreed to a permanent federal injunction against enforcement of the law, which faces a challenge from Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, his spokeswoman, Shannon Kingery, said.

"We will not squander the state's resources on a case that has very little probability of winning," she said...