US court stops abortion clinic closure

  • Breaking
  • 30/06/2015

The US Supreme Court has temporarily halted the closure of most of the abortion clinics in Texas, two days before rules forcing them to shut their doors were due to go into effect.

Abortion providers said the rules - which included requiring clinics to follow costly hospital-like building standards - amount to a "multimillion dollar tax on abortion services" and would have forced all but nine of the sprawling state's clinics to close.

The order, which won support of five of the nine justices, blocks implementation of the law while the court considers whether to hear an appeal.

AFP

source: newshub archive