A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a Texas law that abortion-rights advocates say has forced nearly half the state’s abortion clinics to shut down does not place an undue burden on women seeking to end pregnancies, reports the Associated Press.
The measure, which Planned Parenthood is fighting in court, mandates that abortion doctors have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and limits their ability to prescribe abortion-inducing pills. At least 19 of the state’s abortion clinics have closed since the law took effect. About 24 are still operating, but pro-choice groups say the law leaves women in huge swaths of the state without reproductive-health options.
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