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Ruling Leads to Closing of 13 TX Abortion Clinics

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Thirteen abortion clinics in Texas were closed last month after a federal appeals court upheld the state's new abortion law.

The law requires abortion clinics to meet the same standards as other hospital-style surgical centers.

Abortion providers said the standards were unnecessary and cost too much, but the state argued they were necessary for improved patient safety.

Attorney General Greg Abbott, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, is defending the law in court.

"This decision is a vindication of the careful deliberation by the Texas legislature to craft a law to protect the health and safety of Texas women," Abbott spokeswoman Lauren Bean said.

There are seven abortion clinics left in the state, and none are south or west of San Antonio.

Many clinics have already closed in the past two years under a part of the law requiring doctors who perform abortions to obtain hospital admitting privileges.

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