By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court judge to immediately reinstate a restriction on abortion that a lower court judge had ruled unconstitutional, according to a court filing. A federal district court judge on Monday ruled unconstitutional a provision requiring physicians who perform abortions to have an agreement with a local hospital to admit patients. That was part of a sweeping new Texas law restricting abortions that was set to go into effect on Tuesday. Abbott, a Republican who is running for Texas governor, asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn that ruling by the end of the day, and requested a full court hearing on the issue in January.
via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/texas-attorney-general-asks-court-reinstate-abortion-measure-185148786.html
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