The Nation's Most Conservative Court Just Shut Down Two-Thirds of Texas Abortion Clinics

[Novara]

6. Update - Abortion rights groups file motion to halt key provisions in Texas law

Abortion rights groups file motion to halt key provisions in Texas law

Several women's health providers filed a motion on Wednesday seeking to halt a U.S. appeals court decision a day earlier allowing Texas to impose restrictions on abortions, and said they plan to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the main provisions of the 2013 Texas abortion law including one called an "ambulatory surgical center" requirement that mandates clinics have certain hospital-grade facilities, a regulatory hurdle critics said was designed to shut down abortion providers.

"Plaintiffs respectfully ask the Court to stay its mandate to preserve abortion access for all Texas women while Plaintiffs file a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court," the groups, which include Whole Woman's Health, said in the petition.

In its decision, the appeals court said the state intended its measures to protect women's health. The groups said allowing the provision to take effect would close almost all abortion clinics in the state, a situation the Supreme Court has previously not allowed.

Critics have contested the law in courts since it was approved. They say its provisions have no public health benefits, place an undue burden on women and have a negative impact by forcing women to seek abortions at illegal and unlicensed facilities.

The law's supporters have said it would protect women from substandard abortion facilities and raise the standard of care.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/10/us-usa-abortion-texas-idUSKBN0OQ27K20150610?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

Such bullshit "reasoning."