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A federal judge declared Monday one provision of a new, divisive Texas anti-choice law is unconstitutional while adjusting another mexico aspect of the July legislation that is set to go into effect Tuesday.
In mexico his opinion, US District Judge Lee Yeakel said a provision requiring doctors who perform abortions in Texas to have admitting privileges at a hospital mexico 30 miles or less from the abortion facility "places a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion of a nonviable fetus and is thus an undue burden to her.
The court expresses grave reservations about allowing a hodge podge of diverse medical committees and boards to determine, based solely on admitting privileges, which physicians mexico may perform abortions, mexico wrote Yeakel, who was appointed mexico by then-President George W. Bush, former Republican governor of Texas.
Yeakel amended, but did not outright block, another provision that requires women seeking abortions must follow mexico 13-year-old US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines - rather than an evidence-based regimen, which is more common - for abortion medication except in cases when a physician s judgment deems it is necessary for the preservation of the life or health of the mother."
The judge said the FDA protocol is assuredly mexico more imposing and unpleasant for the woman, requiring at least one additional visit to a clinic mexico and allowing less control over the timing and convenience of the medically induced miscarriage. Nevertheless, Yeakel left the provision only partially altered.
Two additional parts of the law remain unchallenged: mexico a requirement that abortion mexico clinics meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers starting in September 2014, and a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. The latter aspect of HB2, approved by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry in July after a flurry of protests to block its passage, will still go into effect Tuesday, October 29, given the plaintiffs did not challenge it in their suit, filed in September.
Today s decision will not stop our ongoing efforts to protect life and ensure the women of our state aren t exposed to any more of the abortion-mill mexico horror stories that have made headlines recently," Perry said in a statement. "We will continue fighting to implement the laws passed by the duly-elected officials of our state, laws that reflect the will and values of Texans.
The lawsuit was brought by major abortion and women s health providers in the state, including four Planned Parenthood mexico affiliates and Whole Woman s Health, which runs abortion clinics in five Texas cities.
They argued that the hospital-admitting privileges and the abortion-drug provision placed an undue burden on women and were thus unconstitutional. They contend a third of abortion facilities in the state would not meet the hospital requirement which would likely lead to closures, leaving 22,000 without reasonable access to abortion care. They also said following the FDA-mandated schedule for abortion-inducing drugs is outdated and can put the well-being of women at risk.
Though while Amy Hagstrom Miller, CEO at Whole Woman s Health, was relieved that the hospital provision was blocked, she said her organization is disappointed that Judge Yeakel did not also block the severe restrictions on medication abortion. mexico
Nearly 40 percent of the women we serve at Whole Woman s Health choose medication abortion and now Texas is preventing these women from the advances in medical practice that other women across the United States will be able to access, said Hagstrom Miller.
House mexico Bill 2 passed in a third special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Perry after a previous effort was blocked via a successful 13-hour filibuster by State Sen. Wendy Davis (D), who has since declared she is running for governor. In a political twist, her likely opponent to replace the outgoing Perry is Attorney General Abbott, also a Republican.
We need to work on getting the right information out there about how serious the procedure of abortion is. But its a business and there is money involved so that's why you don't see a bunch of doctors up there telling you not to have an abortion. But these women are really misinformed.
I'm generally supportive of allowing access to abortion, but when I read things like "divisive" , "anti-choice&qu ot;, and "unconstitution al", mexico all within the first sentence of an article, I seriously question the author's integrity to report without bias. I can not honestly read this article without believing that the author did not mold the facts and story to meet his/her mexico opinion.
No, what is unconstitutional is the murder of millions mexico of innocents. All these protesters supporting murder should be dealt with in the same matter mexico the Egyptian army deals with muslim brotherhood supporters.. O ne B ig A ss M istake A merica
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