Embattled El Paso Clinic To Reopen; Abortion Rights Group Hopes To Block Okla. Law
A roundup of news regarding state abortion-related news.
The Associated Press:
El Paso Abortion Clinic Reopens Amid Texas Court Battles
An El Paso clinic shuttered by Texas' tough 2013 abortion law reopened Tuesday, the first in the state to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked enforcement of some key restrictions three months ago. The Reproductive Services clinic, so close to the Texas-Mexico border that its windows offer views of Ciudad Juarez across the Rio Grande, is taking appointments and expects to begin performing abortions next week. (9/29)
The Texas Tribune:
Embattled El Paso Abortion Clinic To Reopen
After shuttering last year in response to the state’s heightened abortion regulations, an embattled El Paso abortion provider is set to reopen on Tuesday. Reproductive Services — one plaintiff in the ongoing legal challenge to the state’s restrictive 2013 abortion law — will resume providing abortions next week, according to the clinic's lawyers. But the reopening could be short-lived, with the U.S. Supreme Court expected to decide within weeks whether it will take up a lawsuit against the abortion legislation known as House Bill 2. (Ura, 9/29)
Reuters:
Abortion Rights Group Seek to Halt Oklahoma Law That Targets Clinics
Oklahoma's Center for Reproductive Rights on Friday asked the state Supreme Court to stop a law the group's lawyers say unfairly targets physicians and medical facilities that provide abortions. The law goes into effect Nov. 1 and lawyers for the group say it mainly sets an array of rules against providing abortions to minors and includes unconstitutional provisions that permit searches without a warrant of abortion providers. (9/29)
The New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Religious Group To Build Clinic Next To Planned Parenthood Site, Website Reports
A Christian organization plans to build a "pro-life," full-service women's health clinic on a plot of land next to Planned Parenthood's 7,000-square-foot clinic currently under construction on South Claiborne Avenue, the Clarion Herald reports. (Webster, 9/29)
