Abortion clinics would be subject to tougher standards under bill proposed by Sen. McCoy (NE)

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3. How is this different from legislation a Federal Judge recently overturned in Texas?

From the Celina Record, Plano, Texas. Tuesday, September 2, 2014 1:30 pm:

Last Friday, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of the Western District of Texas overturned certain requirements of House Bill 2, regarding regulations on abortion clinics that were to take effect on Monday.

The portion of the law that Yeakel struck down required abortion facilities, including facilities that only provide medication abortions, to provide the similar levels of ambulatory-surgical-center standards as hospitals. The standards would have required many facilities to meet electrical, plumbing and physical space requirements among other things, which would cause most facilities to close due to construction costs and other factors.

“The ambulatory-surgical-center requirement is unconstitutional, because it imposes an undue burden on the right of women throughout Texas to seek a previability abortion,” Yeakel wrote in his ruling. “[The requirement] burdens Texas women in a way incompatible with the personal freedom and privacy protected by the United States Constitution for the 40 years since Roe v. Wade.”

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