Abortion providers sue Texas for banning second-trimester procedure
AUSTIN — Abortion providers and advocates filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to challenge a new Texas law banning a common second-trimester medical procedure, sparking the latest legal battle in a state known for passing some of the nation’s toughest abortion restrictions.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas, comes just more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a pair of regulations that forced several abortion clinics around the state to close. The suit was filed by Whole Woman’s Health and other providers.
The legal action also comes as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals mulls another regulation requiring burial rights for fetal tissue, which lawmakers also wrote into state law this year.
Advocates for the law say the dilation and evacuation abortion procedure is grotesque and passing the law keeps with the state’s imperative to protect life an oppose abortion. Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has asked state lawmakers to pass additional anti-abortion laws this summer in his special session call.
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