Abortion rights groups sue Texas over procedure ban
by Marissa Evans, The Texas Tribune
Texas is heading to court over a state law going into effect in September banning the most common second-trimester abortion procedure.
The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood announced on Thursday they're suing over a provision in Texas' Senate Bill 8 bill that outlaws dilation and evacuation abortions. In that procedure, a doctor uses surgical instruments to grasp and remove pieces of fetal tissue. SB 8 only allows the procedure to be done if the fetus is deceased.
Nancy Northrup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a news release that Texas legislators "have once again compromised the health and safety of the women they were elected to represent" to appease abortion opponents.
“The law we challenged today in Texas is part of a nationwide scheme to undermine these constitutional rights and ban abortion one restriction at a time," Northrup said. "We are prepared to fight back using the power of the law wherever politicians compromise a woman’s ability to receive the care she needs.”
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2017/07/20/center-reproductive-rights-sues-texas-over-abortion-procedure-ban/
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