The law, which was considered to be one of the country’s most restrictive, still prohibits abortions past 20 weeks of gestation, and still requires strict use of the RU486 under FDA protocol.
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A federal judge last week struck down provisions of a Texas abortion law restricting doctors’ use of RU486, a drug that induces abortions and requiring doctors to obtain admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic at which they're providing abortion services. So reports CNN.com.
The law, which was considered to be one of the country’s most restrictive, still prohibits abortions past 20 weeks of gestation, and still requires strict use of the RU486 under FDA protocol.