Abortion-rights groups ask Supreme Court to halt Texas law

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Abortion-rights groups in Texas on Monday filed an emergency request with U.S. Supreme Court to strike down newly enacted abortion restrictions, the groups said in a statement. A requirement that physicians who provide abortions have admitting privileges in local hospitals caused at least a dozen clinics and surgery centers across the state to stop offering abortion services after the law went into effect on Friday, clinic employees said. (Reporting by Karen Brooks; Editing by Scott Malone)



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