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Texas Abortion Clinics to Close Thanks to New Pro-Life Law
Now that a federal appeals court has allowed a new pro-life law in Texas to take effect, as many as 12 abortion clinics are slated to temporarily close because they can’t comply with the law’s requirements to protect women’s health from dangerous abortions.
Now that a federal appeals court has allowed a new pro-life law in Texas to take effect, as many as 12 abortion clinics are slated to temporarily close because they can’t comply with the law’s requirements to protect women’s health from dangerous abortions.
The law requires abortion practitioners
to have admitting privileges at a local hospital within 30 miles of the
location of the abortion clinic to be able to transport women quickly
and easily in medical emergencies when they are injured by botched abortions.
As many as 12 abortion clinics across the state can’t comply with
that requirement that is expected of legitimate medical centers. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/01/12-texas-abortion-clinics-to-close-thanks-to-new-pro-life-law/
Appeals Court Restores Texas’ Pro-Life Law Stopping Abortions
In a big victory for pro-life advocates in Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has overruled Judge Lee Yeakel of the Western District Court in Austin and restored key portions of a pro-life law in Texas that will ultimately stop abortions and could close abortion clinics.
As LifeNews reported, the judge
issued an opinion striking down two parts of a Texas pro-life law that
protects women from dangerous abortions. http://www.lifenews.com/2013/11/01/appeals-court-restores-texas-pro-life-law-stopping-abortions/In a big victory for pro-life advocates in Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has overruled Judge Lee Yeakel of the Western District Court in Austin and restored key portions of a pro-life law in Texas that will ultimately stop abortions and could close abortion clinics.