Planned Parenthood sues Texas over abortion restrictions
Source: Reuters
Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:47am EDT
(Reuters) - The United States' largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, said on Friday that it filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging part of a new Texas law restricting abortions in the state.
"We're in court today to stop a terrible situation for women in Texas from getting even worse," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement.
The lawsuit challenges a provision requiring doctors providing abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and another part that requires women to receive the so-called "abortion pill" RU-486 under the direct supervision of a doctor.
(Reporting By Greg McCune; Editing by Scott Malone)
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/27/us-usa-abortion-texas-idUSBRE98Q0RG20130927
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