Texas Leaders React to SCOTUS Abortion Ruling
Lana Shadwick
He explained, “HB 2 was passed during the 83rd Texas legislative session to ensure the health and safety of women by holding abortion clinics to the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers while also requiring practitioners to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the facility.
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