“Do you know how long that takes in Texas at 75 miles an hour?”
– 5th Circuit Judge Edith Jones, questioning the hardship imposed on South Texas women who must now drive as many as 300 miles round-trip to obtain legal abortion care.
This article appears in January 10 • 2014.
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