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Court upholds "vital" parts of Texas' pro-life laws
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld key parts of Texas’s strict anti-abortion law on Tuesday, a decision that could leave as few as seven abortion clinics in the nation’s second largest state.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and other conservatives say the standards protect women’s health. But abortion-rights supports say the law is a thinly veiled attempt to block access to abortions in Texas, and they promised to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which temporarily sidelined the law last year.
A new slate of conservative leaders in Texas has vowed to continue stifling abortion-rights efforts. George P. Bush, the son of expected 2016 presidential hopeful Jeb Bush and nephew of former President George W. Bush, made an anti-abortion rally at the Capitol his first public event since being sworn in as land commissioner, along with Abbott’s wife, Cecilia.
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