Texas’ omnibus anti-abortion law, HB 2, continues to wind its way through the legal system two weeks after a district court judge found the law unconstitutional.

On Friday, a federal appeals court will hear arguments filed by the Texas attorney general’s office to block afederal district court decision from late August. That ruling found unconstitutional a provision of HB 2 that would require every licensed abortion facility in the state to meet the building requirements of an ambulatory surgical center (ASC).

District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled in August that the provision places an undue burden on women’s right to choose abortion and blocked the state from enforcing the law.

Immediately after the ruling, Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit arguing it should be allowed to enforce the requirement as it appeals the merits of Judge Yeakel’s decision.

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