{"id":36683,"date":"2013-07-18T13:20:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T20:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=36683"},"modified":"2013-07-18T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T20:20:07","slug":"latimes-texas-gov-rick-perry-signs-bill-to-curb-abortions-challenges-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/07\/18\/latimes-texas-gov-rick-perry-signs-bill-to-curb-abortions-challenges-likely\/","title":{"rendered":"LATimes: Texas Gov. Rick Perry signs bill to curb abortions; challenges likely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the nation\u2019s toughest set of abortion restrictions into law Thursday, declaring a major victory for abortion opponents after weeks of divisive political debate.       <\/p>\n<p>The bill passed over the strong protests of Democrats and abortion-rights supporters. Abortion-rights activists and clinic operators say the measure will force the closure of all but five of the state&#8217;s 42 abortion providers.<\/p>\n<p>In a signing ceremony at the state Capitol in Austin attended by more than 100 Republican lawmakers, the Republican governor praised the measure as a landmark in protecting unborn children and women&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an important day for those who support life and for those who support the health of Texas women,\u201d Perry said.  <\/p>\n<p>The new law bans abortions 20 or more weeks after conception. It requires doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and for abortions to be done in ambulatory surgical centers.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nation\/nationnow\/la-na-nn-rick-perry-signs-texas-abortion-bill-20130718,0,5698813.story\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nClick here for the full story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed the nation\u2019s toughest set of abortion restrictions into law Thursday, declaring a major victory for abortion opponents after weeks of divisive political debate. The bill passed over the strong protests of Democrats and abortion-rights supporters. Abortion-rights activists and clinic operators say the measure will force the closure of all but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-important-news-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36684,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36683\/revisions\/36684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}