Texas abortion provider to reopen after court lifts restrictions

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Texas abortion provider to reopen after court lifts restrictions

By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - An abortion provider in the south Texas border city of McAllen will reopen in the next few days after a federal judge last week ruled as unconstitutional state restrictions that led to its closure. The clinic had been closed under abortion restrictions in Texas that went into effect at the end of last year. "We are here to say clearly and proudly that politicians' efforts to close our doors have not swayed us, have not discouraged us and have not subdued us," said Amy Hagstrom Miller, the group's chief executive. District Judge Lee Yeakel struck down the previously imposed regulations for the two cities of McAllen and El Paso requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles (48 kms) of their clinics.

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