A controversial 2013 law upheld by a lower court would see all but 10 clinics closed as timing places a potential ruling in middle of 2016 election campaignTexas abortion clinics are asking the supreme court to acquire up a major case approximately abortion rights in the midst of the 2016 presidential campaign.
The clinics said they filed an appeal on Wednesday aimed at permanently blocking parts of a state law that already have forced nearly two dozen clinics to shut and would leave the second-most populous state with 10 abortion providers. If the law,passed in 2013 takes full effect, there would be no clinic west of San Antonio and only one would operate on a limited basis in the Rio Grande valley.
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Source: theguardian.com