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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Abortion Restrictions

NPR | By Melissa Block,
Debbie Elliott
Published August 29, 2014 at 7:10 PM EDT

Regulations passed in Texas, which affected clinics that perform abortions there, were set to go into effect on Sept. 1. On Friday, a federal judge blocked those regulations, on the grounds that they unconstitutionally restricted access to legal abortion.

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