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Court Saves Lone Miss. Abortion Clinic

Striking down a state law.

Mississippi’s lone abortion clinic was saved from closure by the state—thanks to a last-minute federal appeals court ruling Tuesday. A three-judge panel struck down a law that required physicians at the clinic to apply for admittance privileges at a local hospital, ruling that Roe v. Wade protects women’s right to access abortion. Mississippi cannot tranfer that obligation to neighboring states, as attorneys for the state had argued.

Read it at The Clarion-Ledger

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