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Federal Judge Strikes Down Alabama Abortion Clinic Law
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled Monday that state lawmakers exceeded their authority when they passed a law last year requiring doctors at abortion clinics to have hospital admitting privileges. He ruled that the state law, which would have led to the closure of three of the state's five abortion clinics, was unconstitutional.
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