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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal Judge Halts Key Part Of Texas Abortion Law
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/29/judge-blocks-texas-abortion-law_n_5739164.htmlAUSTIN, Texas (AP) A federal judge Friday threw out new Texas abortion restrictions that would have effectively closed more than a dozen clinics statewide in a victory for opponents of tough new anti-abortion laws sweeping across the U.S.
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel sided with clinics that sued over one of the most disputed measures of a sweeping anti-abortion bill signed by Republican Gov. Rick Perry in 2013. The ruling stops new clinic requirements that would have left seven abortion facilities in Texas come Monday, when the law was set to take effect.
Texas currently has 19 abortion providers already down from more than 40 just two years ago, according to groups that sued the state for the second time over the law known as HB2.
"The overall effect of the provisions is to create an impermissible obstacle as applied to all women seeking a previability abortion," Yeakel wrote in his 21-page ruling.
The ruling blocks a portion of the that law would have required abortion facilities in Texas to meet hospital-level operating standards, which supporters say will protect women's health. But Yeakel concluded the intent was only to "close existing licensed abortion clinics."
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Federal Judge Halts Key Part Of Texas Abortion Law (Original Post)
Rhinodawg
Aug 2014
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Gothmog
(145,176 posts)1. Greg Abbott is a bad lawyer
Yet another loss by Greg
Laelth
(32,017 posts)2. Excellent. k&r for exposure. n/t
-Laelth
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)3. Once in a while, justice prevails.