Texas Abortion Clinic Restrictions Struck Down by Judge
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Texas can’t enforce a law that would have left the second-largest U.S. state with fewer than 10 abortion clinics, a federal judge ruled, extending to three a run of pro-clinic rulings by federal judges in the region.
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel yesterday ruled that a state law requiring abortion facilities to meet the same physical standards as outpatient surgical centers by Sept. 1 imposes an undue burden on women’s access to safe legal abortion.