Texas Judge Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law

The law was to take effect Monday.

A federal judge in Austin, Texas, blocked a stringent new rule yesterday that would have forced more than half of the state's remaining abortion clinics to close.

The rule, requiring all abortion clinics to meet the building standards of hospital-style surgery centers, was to take effect on Monday.

But in his opinion, Judge Lee Yeakel said the mandate placed an unconstitutional burden on a woman's right to an abortion.

Comments

[UCrawford]

"Sown restrictive abortion law"? Restrictive abortions are that prevalent? 🙂

[St. Louis LASIK]

I think he meant strike down.

[F. Stupidity, Jr.]

That pitch was down in the Strike Sown.

[gaoxiaen]

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[Gluesponge]

The dichotomy is strange. Why wouldn't they want to meet the same standards as a surgery center? It would seem that Statists are free-market when it comes to their pet issues.

Hypocrisy, rather.

[Solomon Grundy]

OK, so when's the ruling that ATF regulations and background check laws place an unconstitutional burden on gun shops coming down?

[Gluesponge]

Excellent question. 🙂 I would shit twice and fall back in it if I ever heard a reporter ask that question.

[Solomon Grundy]

We can reopen our McAllen clinic and see the women who need us in that community," Hagstrom Miller said during a call with reporters. "We already had at least two women that we knew were already traveling from McAllen all the way to San Antonio to get care this weekend, and they were the first people we called."

They still to travel a shorter time to kill their babies than it takes me to wait at the DMV to get a goddam license transfer.