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June 14, 2018 7:16 PM
Advocates petition to throw out Texas legislature's abortion restrictions
Paxton spokesman Rylander says a “radical pro-abortion agenda” would sacrifice women’s health; Democrats counter “These are all thinly veiled efforts to disenfranchise women from exercising their constitutional right to bodily autonomy and choice.”
Attorney
General Ken Paxton’s office is once again defending the state’s statutes
on abortion as a coalition of abortion advocates sued Texas in federal court today
to roll back layers of abortion-related laws passed over multiple sessions.
Paxton,
and conservatives who have backed Texas’ expansion of abortion restrictions,
calls the passage of recent abortion-related bills to be an expression of the state’s
constitutional right to protect women’s health.
Paxton
spokesman Marc Rylander said the U.S.
Supreme Court has affirmed the right of Texas to safeguard women’s
health and protect unborn life.
By Kimberly Reeves
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