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Thu May 16, 2019, 03:42 AM May 2019

Judge in Virginia vacates his own ruling on doctors-only abortion

RICHMOND, Va. - A federal judge on Tuesday vacated his own order to allow non-doctors to perform most abortions in Virginia, saying the issue should be decided in an upcoming trial.

A week ago, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson agreed with abortion rights groups that first-trimester abortions are simple and safe enough to be performed without a physician.

Granting a motion for summary judgment, he found that a Virginia law that requires doctors to perform the procedure "unduly burdensome" and therefore unconstitutional.

It was the first time a federal judge anywhere in the country had come to that conclusion. And he had second thoughts.

Read more: https://www.newsadvance.com/news/state/judge-in-virginia-vacates-his-own-ruling-on-doctors-only/article_664e0258-7734-11e9-848e-47edc846ebd6.html
(Lynchburg News & Advance)

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