Appeals court to hear arguments on restrictive Texas abortion law

By Jonathan Kaminsky NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Abortion rights advocates are set to ask a appeals court on Wednesday to declare unconstitutional a Texas law they say would shutter more than half the state's remaining abortion clinics. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will also hear from lawyers for Texas arguing in favor of a requirement that the state's abortion clinics have certain hospital-like settings for surgeries. All three judges on the panel were appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush. ...
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