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Whole Woman's Health et al v. Smith
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September 05, 2018
A federal judge in Texas issued an injunction on Wednesday blocking Texas from implementing a new law that would require health care providers to bury or cremate fetal remains, holding it violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment.
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July 20, 2018
The fight over a proposed law in Texas that would require health care providers to bury or cremate fetal remains moved forward Friday as the trial for a suit challenging the law concluded in federal court.
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July 18, 2018
The Fifth Circuit has quashed discovery of a Texas religious group's internal documents in a suit over a proposed abortion law, ruling the trial court abused its discretion, put an undue burden on the group and could have created a chilling effect by demanding the documents.
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January 29, 2018
A Texas federal judge Monday granted pro-choice advocates a preliminary injunction in their challenge of a rule requiring Texas health care facilities to bury or cremate fetal tissue from abortions, finding that they presented a reasonable case that the rule may be found unconstitutionally vague.
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January 27, 2017
A rule requiring Texas health care facilities to bury or cremate fetal tissue from abortions is temporarily blocked until the court says otherwise, a Texas federal judge said Friday in an order that granted a request for a preliminary injunction and cast doubt on the state's underlying motivations.
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December 16, 2016
New Texas rules requiring fetal tissue to be buried or cremated instead of disposed like other medical waste can't take effect until January under a temporary restraining order entered Thursday by a Texas federal judge.
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December 12, 2016
Texas women's clinics on Monday sued to block a state rule requiring fetal tissue be buried or cremated instead of disposed like other medical waste, claiming it infringes patients' rights to seek pregnancy-related medical care without undue interference from government.