Texas Abortion Clinics Seen Facing Long Odds in Fight on Limits
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Texas abortion clinics may face long odds in convincing a conservative U.S. appeals court to throw out laws that would leave the second-largest U.S. state with only seven facilities, compared with 41 two years ago.
The clinics this week will go before three judges appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, asking them to uphold a judge's ruling that the law violates women’s constitutional right to an abortion. The U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans has repeatedly ruled against the clinics in earlier battles.