Court upholds key parts of Texas' strict anti-abortion law

[spanone]

A federal appeals court upheld key parts of Texas's strict anti-abortion law on Tuesday, a decision that could leave as few as seven abortion clinics in the nation's second largest state.

The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals comes in a lawsuit challenging some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country, including requirements that all abortion-providing health clinics employ hospital-level operating standards.

Owners of small clinics argue that those standards demand millions of dollars in upgrades they can't afford. They and other abortion-rights supporters say the law is a thinly veiled attempt to block access to abortions in the state, but Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and other conservatives supporting the law say the standards protect women's health.

The New Orleans-based appeals court, considered one of the most conservative panels in the nation, allowed Texas to enforce the restrictions when abortion providers first sued in 2013. But the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily sidelined the law last year.

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/6/9/court-upholds-key-parts-of-texas-strict-anti-abortion-law.html

[randys1]

1. So I guess Women will have to die before enough Americans DEMAND an end to this shit.

Was hoping we could avoid the INTENTIONAL MURDER of Women.

Not to mention the neglected babies born to poor people, neglected by the republican politicians who will do everything in their power to watch them starve

[LittleBlue]

2. Bump

Maybe the SCOTUS can reverse this?

[COLGATE4]

3. They could - but very doubtful they would. nt