ShootSpeeders
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Repealing laws is a legislative function but UNELECTED judges do it all the time!!!
Texas abortion limits unconstitutional, federal judge says - POLITICO.com
10/29/13 10:31 AM EDT
A federal district court has ruled that one abortion restriction passed by the Texas state Legislature over the summer is unconstitutional and has partially blocked another.
District Judge Lee Yeakel has blocked the state from enforcing a requirement that abortion-providing doctors obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals a restriction that would have ended abortion services at one-third of the health centers currently providing them. He also blocked restrictions on the use of medication abortion. Both restrictions would have gone into effect on Tuesday.
Planned Parenthood and more than a dozen other womens health providers that filed the suit successfully demonstrated that the admitting privileges provision puts an undue burden on a woman seeking an abortion in Texas, as the provision creates a substantial obstacle to accessing such service, Yeakel wrote.