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November 16, 2015

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Texas Abortion Law 
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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to a sweeping
anti-choice law in Texas, marking what could be the most significant
abortion rights case in decades. The case was brought by abortion
providers against a law which could shutter all but 10 clinics in Texas
if it comes into full effect. Already, about half of the more than 40
clinics in Texas have been forced to close under the law. In a statement
Friday, the Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents the
plaintiffs, said, "Today the Supreme Court took an important step toward
restoring the constitutional rights of millions of women, which Texas
politicians have spent years dismantling." Justice Anthony Kennedy is
expected to be the key swing vote in the case, which could shape the
future of abortion access nationwide.

 

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