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Groups sue to halt key parts of Texas abortion law
Associated Press ^ | Sep 27, 2013 6:12 PM EDT | Will Weissert

Posted on 09/27/2013 6:22:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai

More than a dozen women’s health care providers in Texas sued the state Friday, attempting to block as unconstitutional key provisions of a strict new abortion law that drew massive protests and threw the Legislature into chaos before it was approved this summer.

The 32-page complaint was filed in Austin by the providers and Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union.

The new law requires doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allows abortions in surgical centers and bans the procedure completely after 20 weeks, while also limiting medical abortions. …

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionbarbie; aclu; babykillers; lawfare; lawsuit; liberalagenda; plannedparenthood

1 posted on 09/27/2013 6:22:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The baby-killers are going the way of the unions.


2 posted on 09/27/2013 6:27:50 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Olog-hai

Isn’t it funny, how the baby-killers who claim to care about women’s health fight tooth-and-nail against any kind of regulation that would make abortuaries safer for women?


3 posted on 09/27/2013 6:29:56 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Olog-hai

Moloch says; Must sacrifice babies to me! Blood Blood Blood

Need more blood. Sacrifice your babies to me and you will have untold riches with no consequences.


4 posted on 09/27/2013 6:31:28 PM PDT by Southern by Grace (kickbacks, bribes, maifia payoffs is how the D's get R' done!)
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To: Olog-hai

Let ‘em.

This is Texas after all


5 posted on 09/27/2013 6:47:48 PM PDT by bestintxas (Anyone who votes for Obama after these 4 miserable years needs to take a mandatory citizenship test.)
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To: Olog-hai
 
 
Standard MO - they're laying the groundwork for drama & hysterics to try and help democrap candidates in the upcoming election cycle.
 
 

6 posted on 09/27/2013 6:56:56 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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