AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down key provision of Texas’ new law requiring a doctor to perform a sonogram before an abortion, ruling that the measure violates the free speech rights of both doctors and patients.
The law — one of dozens of anti-abortion measures that advanced through state capitals across the United States this year — was set to take effect Thursday.
A New York-based reproductive rights group had sued to block the law.
Federal judge strikes down key provisions of Texas sonogram law
August 30, 2011
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