El Paso Abortion Clinic Remains Shut After Judge Withholds Relief
Judge Lee Yeakel said the legal fight over Texas’ new anti-abortion law would be resolved at the Supreme Court.
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Judge Lee Yeakel said the legal fight over Texas’ new anti-abortion law would be resolved at the Supreme Court.
Abortion rights groups seek to block ambulatory surgical care center rule and to shield El Paso and McAllen abortion clinics from admitting privileges mandate.
Legal battle over Texas abortion restrictions likely headed to Supreme Court.
A third of Texas' abortion clinics have now closed due to HB 2, including remaining clinics in the Rio Grande Valley and East Texas.
The 20-week abortion ban forced one woman to pawn her wedding ring and flee to Arkansas to terminate her pregnancy.
As Texas law forces abortion clinics to turn patients away, anti-abortion centers receive $46,100 in new funds.
As clinics turn women away, volunteer abortion funds are scrambling to help their clients.
Abortion rights advocates argue that law has caused “unprecedented havoc” in Texas. State has till November to respond.