NYT Editorial on the Texas Abortion Law Legal Challenge;
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Good morning from Austin.
Here’s the (short) brief:
NYT EDITORIAL BOARD WEIGHS IN ON LEGAL CHALLENGE TO TEXAS ABORTION LAW
Here’s The New York Times editorial:
In an alarming 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court turned away an emergency application to block a new Texas law that is impeding access to safe and legal abortion care in the state. The ruling leaves in place an order by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that allowed the law go into effect while it considers an appeal.
The Texas law requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. A federal district judge, Lee Yeakel, ruled last month that this provision serves no medical purpose and improperly infringes on women’s reproductive rights. The requirement forces a third of Texas’ abortion doctors to stop offering the procedure. Judge Yeakel issued an injunction blocking the provision, which a three-judge panel of the appellate court promptly lifted.
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