Abortion Law Temporarily Blocked From Taking Effect in Texas
Governing | September 01, 2017
A federal judge temporarily on Thursday blocked a Texas law that would limit second-trimester abortions in a ruling that came one day before the regulation was to take effect. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of Austin concluded that abortion providers established that, without a 14-day temporary restraining order, a Texas woman seeking an abortion after the 15th week of pregnancy could be denied access to "the most commonly used and safest" procedure available.