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Texas Suspends Abortion Provider Under Harsh New Law

HeadlineFeb 20, 2014

Authorities in Texas have suspended the license of a Houston doctor who has provided abortions for 40 years after he failed to comply with the state’s harsh new anti-choice law. Dr. Theodore Herring had failed to meet the law’s requirement to obtain admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. Critics say such privileges are medically unnecessary and can be impossible to obtain because abortion providers do not admit enough patients to meet hospital minimums and because some hospitals oppose abortion. In related news, doctors at the only remaining abortion clinic in North Dakota have obtained hospital admitting privileges, which are also required under that state’s law.

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