Abortion-rights groups challenge restrictions on providers
Source: Associated Press
Denise Lavoie, Ap Legal Affairs Writer Updated 6:27 pm CDT, Thursday, May 16, 2019
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As abortion opponents cheer the passage of fetal heartbeat laws and other bans on the procedure, abortion-rights groups have been waging a quieter battle in courthouses around the country to overturn less direct restrictions passed in recent years.
At least a dozen lawsuits have been filed over the last two years challenging what abortion-rights groups call TRAP laws, Targeted Restrictions on Abortion Providers.
Abortion-rights groups challenge restrictions on providers regulations designed to drive abortion clinics out of business and make it more difficult for women to end pregnancies.
The first lawsuit to make it to trial is set to begin Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond.
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