A federal judge on Friday struck down new requirements for Texas abortion facilities -- a decision that could have shuttered all but a few abortion clinics in the state. The standards were set to go into effect Monday. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel of the District Court for the Western District of Texas ruled that the law's ambulatory surgical center requirement "burdens Texas women in a way incompatible with the principles of personal freedom and privacy protected by the United States Constitution for the 40 years since Roe v. Wade." House Bill 2 would have required abortion facilities to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers.
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