The Supreme Court said last week it would take on the biggest challenge to abortion rights in a quarter century, agreeing to hear a challenge against a Texas law that put strict requirements on abortion providers in the name of protecting women's health.
The 2013 law requires abortion clinics to meet
the same medical standards as standalone surgery centers, and forces
doctors who provide abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby
hospitals.
Conservative groups that approve of the laws say
they'll protect women and prevent abuses like the case of Dr. Kermit
Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion provider sentenced to life in jail for first-degree murder whose clinic was described as a filthy house of horrors.
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