The court’s last major abortion decision, in 2007 in Gonzales v. Carhart, upheld the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which banned a particular abortion procedure. The decision concerned two parts of a Texas law that imposes strict requirements on abortion providers. Last June, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, largely upheld the contested provisions of the Texas law, using the more deferential approach. VideoWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday struck down parts of a restrictive Texas law that could have reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state to about 10 from what was once a high of roughly 40. The court ruled that the law, with minor exceptions, did not place an undue burden on the right to abortion.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2016 14:08 UTC