--- description: An appeals court has overturned a ruling that deemed parts of a tough abortion law—doctors who perform abortions must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals—unconstitutional in a victory for proponents of the stringent legislation that led several clinics to close title: Court Upholds Texas Abortion Restrictions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [States](/tag/states/) ## States Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Court Upholds Texas Abortion Restrictions  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 27, 2014 10:09 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Mar 27, 2014 10:09 PM CUT A federal appeals court on Thursday [upheld](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-appeals-court-upholds-new-texas-abortion-rules "undefined") new abortion restrictions in Texas, a victory for proponents of one of the toughest abortion laws in the country that has already led to the closure of clinics in the state. Under the law passed last year, doctors performing abortions must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The Republican-controlled statehouse also placed strict limits on doctors prescribing pills that induce abortions. The new regulations have led to the [closure](http://nation.time.com/2013/11/19/supreme-court-refuses-to-block-texas-abortion-restrictions/ "undefined") of at least a dozen Texas abortion clinics. Lawyers for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers argued that the regulations placed an undue burden on women trying to get an abortion. A lower court had ruled in October that the new rules violated the Constitution and that they served no medical purpose, but the federal appeals court overturned that ruling Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Some aspects of the new law, including a requirement that abortions take place in a surgical facility, will not go into effect until September. \[[_AP_\]](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-appeals-court-upholds-new-texas-abortion-rules "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/40977/court-upholds-texas-abortion-restrictions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/40977/court-upholds-texas-abortion-restrictions/"},"headline":"Court Upholds Texas Abortion Restrictions","datePublished":"2014-03-27T22:09:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:00:49.497Z","description":"An appeals court has overturned a ruling that deemed parts of a tough abortion law—doctors who perform abortions must have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals—unconstitutional in a victory for proponents of the stringent legislation that led several clinics to close","url":"https://time.com/40977/court-upholds-texas-abortion-restrictions/","keywords":["States","abortion"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/states/","name":"States"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/40977/court-upholds-texas-abortion-restrictions/","name":"Court Upholds Texas Abortion Restrictions"}}]}] ```