Abortion Restrictions In Texas (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Texas is closing down abortion. In 2013, a new Texas law raised stiff new requirements for clinics. A Federal district judge struck it down as a, quote: “brutally effective system of abortion regulation” intended “to reduce the number of providers licensed to perform abortions.” On Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans brought it back. Largely let the law stand. It would put 17 percent of women of childbearing age in Texas more than 150 miles from a clinic. Is that an “undue burden”? This hour On Point: abortion, Texas, and a national test.
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/06/11/abortion-restrictions-in-texas