http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/260083-supreme-court-to-hear-landmark-challenge-on-abortion-access By Sarah Ferris - 11/13/15 02:26 PM EST
The Supreme Court on Friday announced that it would hear a challenge to a controversial Texas abortion law, marking the beginning of the biggest legal fight over abortion in decades.
Opponents of the legislation argue that it has created barriers to abortion that violate the court's last landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade.
They say it has already led to the closure of the majority of the state’s clinics because doctors cannot meet the new state standards, which are among the nation's strictest.
The law was signed by then-Gov. Rick Perry in 2013, drawing national attention after then-state Sen. Wendy Davis staged a marathon 13-hour filibuster.
