Whole Woman's Health v. David Lakey

Plaintiffs, Texas abortion providers, sued State of Texas officials (“the State”) 1 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the enforcement of recent amendments to Texas’s law regulating abortions. See 2013 Texas House Bill No. 2 (“H.B. 2”). 2 Plaintiffs challenge H.B. 2’s physician admitting privileges requirement as applied to a McAllen and an El Paso abortion facility. Plaintiffs also challenge H.B. 2’s requirement that abortion facilities satisfy the standards set for ambulatory surgical centers facially and as applied to the McAllen and El Paso abortion facilities. The district…