Washington Post recently posted an article titled, “Texas ruling cancels dozens of abortions that had been scheduled”. Clinics that provide abortions quickly made calls to cancel or reschedule the appointment due to a decision made by a panel of federal judges. The decision they made, led to 13 clinics across the state of Texas to close all of a sudden. The clinics did the not meet with the provision of a state law that required the abortion clinics to be able to comply with building and equipment standards that would qualify them to be ambulatory surgical centers. The provision of the state law was being blocked by a lower court till Thursday; after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, that included a three-judge panel, ruled that the law needs to be upheld and enforced. This inconvenienced the clinics and the women going there for their abortion and this is the second time clinics in Texas have been closed. Last year a law, known as HB2, that imposed the new restrictions on the providers and clinics of abortion was temporarily derailed by a filibuster from Senator Wendy Davis until Thursday. Most clinics state that they closed because complying with the HB2 is expensive and sometimes impossible; leaving only a handful of clinics open.
The Roe v. Wade (1973) Supreme Court decision legalized abortion in the nation. The HB2 law is taking away women's constitutional right to an abortion by limiting the access. The closing clinics has been happening across the nation and many legal battles are being fought over it, and a lot of people expect the Supreme Court to make a case soon about whether the law is violating rights of women. The article talks about the law not being in effect till the federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals decided it needed to be upheld. The Court of Appeals decision overcame the Senator’s filibuster, an action that obstructs the process of a legislative assembly simultaneously does not infringe the required procedures, and this forced clinics to follow the standards or shut down.
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