FILE IMAGE: An examination room at the Planned Being A Parent South Austin Health Center is revealed following the U.S. Supreme Court choice striking down a Texas law enforcing rigorous guidelines on abortion medical professionals and facilities in Austin, Texas, U.S. June 27,2016 REUTERS/Ilana Panich-Linsman/File Picture
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday allowed Texas to implement curbs on medication-induced abortions as part of the Republican-governed state’s constraints focused on postponing medical treatments not considered immediate during the coronavirus pandemic.
The New Orleans-based fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a federal judge’s order blocking the state from using restrictions to abortions induced through medication, in the early stages of a pregnancy. About half of all abortions in the state are carried out through m