Texas Law Restricting Evacuation Abortion Procedure Nixed (1)

A Texas law restricting dilation-and-evacuation abortion is unconstitutional, the Fifth Circuit ruled on Tuesday, affirming a lower court’s decision that struck down the measure.

Senate Bill 8’s restrictions on “the safest, most common method of second trimester abortion” create an undue burden for women seeking the procedure, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said.

In one of the first rulings to interpret the U.S. Supreme Court’s undue-burden decision in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, the Fifth Circuit found the 4-1-4 decision didn’t control. In June Medical, the Supreme Court narrowly struck down a Louisiana ...