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March 28, 2014

U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Texas Restrictions That Shuttered Abortion Clinics 
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A federal appeals court has upheld anti-choice restrictions that have
shuttered a third of abortion clinics in Texas. Providers challenged the
provisions on constitutional grounds, but the Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled against them. Following the law's passage, there are no
abortion providers left in the Rio Grande Valley, the poorest part of
Texas. When another provision requiring hospital-style building
standards comes into effect in September, the statewide total could drop
to six. This week, Planned Parenthood announced it would open a new
clinic in San Antonio, Texas, that meets the building standards.

 

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