Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law to Ban Abortion Procedure
Demonstrators hold up signs at a protest outside the Texas state capitol in Austin on May 29.
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New Orleans (AP) -- A Texas law outlawing an abortion method commonly used to end second-trimester pregnancies has been upheld by a federal appeals court in New Orleans.
The 2017 law in question has never been enforced. It seeks to prohibit the use of forceps to remove a fetus from the womb without first using an injected drug or a suction procedure to ensure the fetus is dead.