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Appeals court to hear arguments on restrictive Texas abortion law
Source: Reuters
Appeals court to hear arguments on restrictive Texas abortion law
BY JONATHAN KAMINSKY
NEW ORLEANS Wed Jan 7, 2015 7:17am EST
(Reuters) - Abortion rights advocates are set to ask a appeals court on Wednesday to declare unconstitutional a Texas law they say would shutter more than half the state's remaining abortion clinics.
A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will also hear from lawyers for Texas arguing in favor of a requirement that the state's abortion clinics have certain hospital-like settings for surgeries.
All three judges on the panel were appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush. Abortion rights advocates are bracing for what they believe is a likely defeat before they file a challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The "ambulatory surgical center requirement" was to have taken effect on Sept. 1. Under the measure, clinics would have to meet a set of building standards ranging from widening halls to having facilities for certain surgeries, even when an abortion is medically induced.
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BY JONATHAN KAMINSKY
NEW ORLEANS Wed Jan 7, 2015 7:17am EST
(Reuters) - Abortion rights advocates are set to ask a appeals court on Wednesday to declare unconstitutional a Texas law they say would shutter more than half the state's remaining abortion clinics.
A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will also hear from lawyers for Texas arguing in favor of a requirement that the state's abortion clinics have certain hospital-like settings for surgeries.
All three judges on the panel were appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush. Abortion rights advocates are bracing for what they believe is a likely defeat before they file a challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The "ambulatory surgical center requirement" was to have taken effect on Sept. 1. Under the measure, clinics would have to meet a set of building standards ranging from widening halls to having facilities for certain surgeries, even when an abortion is medically induced.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-usa-texas-abortion-idUSKBN0KG13I20150107
