Texas Department of State Health Services Finalizes Abortion Regulations, Including Ambulatory Surgical Center Requirement

The Texas Tribune: State Agency Finalizes Abortion Regulations, by Becca Aaronson:

The Texas Department of State Health Services finalized strict new abortion regulations on Friday, claiming that none of the 19,000 public comments on the rules provided evidence that they are unconstitutional.

“The department is aware of no comments that explain how particular abortion-seeking patients will face unconstitutionally long travel distances, unconstitutionally long wait times or unconstitutionally high costs for abortion services in any particular part of the state,” according to the department’s background and justification for the rules, published in the Texas Register. . . .