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January 6, 2014

Appeals Court Considers Texas Rule That Shuttered Abortion Clinics 
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans is hearing arguments today on a
Texas provision requiring abortion providers to obtain admitting
privileges at a nearby hospital. The requirement forced a third of Texas
clinics to stop performing abortions immediately after an appeals court
allowed it to take effect two months ago. A judge had earlier ruled it
served no medical purpose. According to the Guttmacher Institute, 70
anti-abortion restrictions were enacted by 22 states last year. Over the
past three years, states have passed some 200 restrictions on abortion,
more than in the entire previous decade.

 

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